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þegen-scipe

  • noun [ masculine ]
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þegen-scipe, es; m.
thaneship, the status of thane
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  • Se déma ðe óðrum wóh déme ... þolige hé his þegenscipes,

      L. Edg. ii. 3; Th. 266, 18: L. C. S. 15; Th. i. 384, 13.
a body of thanes
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  • Sce Adrianes wæs ðæs cáseres ðegnscipes ealdorman, ðe Maximianus wæs nemned,

      Shrn. 59, 24.
bravery, manfulness, gallantry. v. þegen, VIII, þegenlíc
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  • Beóþ nú gehyrte, and healdaþ mid ðegenscipe ða hálgan Godes ǽ,

      Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 258.

  • Hé him eft his ríce tó forlét for his þegnscipe (

    ob testimonium virtutis

    ),
      Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 132, 24.

  • Alexander his ǽrestan ðegnscipe on ðon gecýþde, ðá hé ealle Crécas mid his snyttro on his geweald geniédde, ealle ða ðe wið hiene gewin up áhófon

    Alexander primam experientiam animi et virtutis suae, compressis celeriter Graecorum motibus, dedit,

      Swt. 122, 32.
in that part of the Genesis which is thought to show Old Saxon influence, the word occurs with the meaning of service to a lord, like the Old Saxon
thegan-skepi
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  • Nis mé on worulde mód ǽniges þegnscipes,Cd. Th. 51,

      33; Gen. 836.

  • On þegnscipe þeówian,

      46, 15; Gen. 744.

  • Hié þegnscipe Godes forgýmdon,

      21, 19; Gen. 326.
Etymology
[Icel. þegn-skapr honour (as in on one's honour); liberality; allegiance of a þegn.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “þegen-scipe.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/31622.

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