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þegnung-mann

  • noun [ masculine ]
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þegnung-mann, (þéning-, þénig-), es; m.
in a general sense, a serving-man, attendant
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  • Wæs amang ðám Malchus heora ðénigmann, and ða eáðelícan þénunga ðe hé ðider bróhte heom geornlíce þénode,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 23, 239
      • .

  • Árás Malchus heora þeningmann, and dyde eall swá his gewuna wæs, nam mid him sumne dǽl feós ... ðæt feoh bær tó porte,

    • 472-486: 447
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  • Se Hǽlend hét ða ðénigmen áfyllan six stǽnene fatu,

    • Homl. Th. i. 58, 12
      • .
a servant of a lord or king, a thane, minister,
in a general sense
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  • Sint tó manienne ða ðe mildheortlíce sellaþ ðæt hié habbaþ, ðæt hié angieten ðæt hié sint gesette ðæm hefencundan Gode tó ðéningmannum tó dǽlanne ðás lǽnan gód

    ut a coelesti Domino dispensatores se positos subditorum temporalium agnoscant),

    • Past. 44
      • ;
    • Swt. 321, 7
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  • Án woruldcynincg hæfþ fela þegna; hé ne mæg beón wurðful cynincg búton hé hæbbe swylce þéningmen ðe þeáwfæstnysse him gebeódon,

    • Homl. Skt. i. pref., 62
      • .
as a technical English term
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  • Míne (Alfred's ) ealdormenn and míne þénigmenn,

    • Chart. Th. 490, 22
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  • On cinges þéningmanna gemóte,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 80, 20
      • .
See Kemble's Saxons in England, ii. 47; Stubbs' Const. Hist. i. 186.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “þegnung-mann.” 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/31641.

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