On this page you'll find 2 example sentences with Thanes. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Thanes meaning
plural of thane
Using Thanes
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of thane
- In the example corpus, thanes often appears in combinations such as: the thanes, thanes of.
Context around Thanes
- Average sentence length in these examples: 11.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Thanes
- In this selection, "thanes" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 11.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include 957 the thanes of mercia and by the thanes of her. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "thanes" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with thanes
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
As she was rapped by the thanes of her village. (10 words)
In 957, the thanes of Mercia and Northumbria changed their allegiance to Edgar. (13 words)
In 957, the thanes of Mercia and Northumbria changed their allegiance to Edgar. (13 words)
As she was rapped by the thanes of her village. (10 words)
Example sentences (2)
As she was rapped by the thanes of her village.
In 957, the thanes of Mercia and Northumbria changed their allegiance to Edgar.
Common combinations with thanes
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the thanes 2×
- thanes of 2×