Thane

(noun.) a man ranking above an ordinary freeman and below a noble in Anglo-Saxon England (especially one who gave military service in exchange for land).

(noun.) a feudal lord or baron.

丹尼斯编辑

• At four o'clock in the morning I found Miss Eliza Higgins busy about the new cap which was to kill the Thane. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• The black cloud is low over the thane's castle The eagle screams--he rides on its bosom. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Vows, said the Abbot, must be unloosed, worthy Franklin, or permit me rather to say, worthy Thane, though the title is antiquated. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Dark sits the evening upon the thanes castle, The black clouds gather round; Soon shall they be red as the blood of the valiant! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.

编辑:谢恩