theyn

Inherited from Old English þeġn, from Proto-West Germanic *þegn, from Proto-Germanic *þegnaz.

• dain, thain, thayn, thein, þen, þein, þeyn
• ðæin, þægen, þægn, þegen, þegn, þeȝn, þeign (Early Middle English)

• IPA^(key): /θæi̯n/, /θeːn/

theyn (plural theynes)

1. A thane; a noble, especially of minor or lesser status.
2. A freeman; one who is not in thraldom or servitude.
3. A servant or attendant; one who serves another.

• lorþein

• English: thane
• Scots: thane
• → Irish: taen

• “thein, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

theyn (subjective pronoun þou)

1. Alternative form of þin (“thy”)

theyn (subjective þou)

1. Alternative form of þin (“thine”)

theyn

1. Alternative form of theen