Thegns is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Thegns meaning
plural of thegn
Using Thegns
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of thegn
- In the example corpus, thegns often appears in combinations such as: his thegns, thegns were.
Context around Thegns
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Thegns
- In this selection, "thegns" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include county s thegns were decimated and of his thegns or servants. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "thegns" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with thegns
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He attacks the dragon with the help of his thegns or servants, but they do not succeed. (17 words)
He has granted the tenth part of the lands throughout his kingdom, not only to the churches, but also to his thegns. (22 words)
It is likely that all the fighting men of Sussex were at the battle, as the county's thegns were decimated and any that survived had their lands confiscated. (29 words)
It is likely that all the fighting men of Sussex were at the battle, as the county's thegns were decimated and any that survived had their lands confiscated. (29 words)
These thegns were the land-holding aristocracy of the time and were required to serve with their own armour and weapons for a certain number of days each year. (29 words)
He has granted the tenth part of the lands throughout his kingdom, not only to the churches, but also to his thegns. (22 words)
Example sentences (4)
He attacks the dragon with the help of his thegns or servants, but they do not succeed.
He has granted the tenth part of the lands throughout his kingdom, not only to the churches, but also to his thegns.
It is likely that all the fighting men of Sussex were at the battle, as the county's thegns were decimated and any that survived had their lands confiscated.
These thegns were the land-holding aristocracy of the time and were required to serve with their own armour and weapons for a certain number of days each year.
Common combinations with thegns
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: