Meaning of thane in English
Noun
thaneEtymology
Old English theg(e)n ‘servant, soldier’, of Germanic origin; related to German Degen‘warrior’, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek teknon‘child’, tokeus‘parent’Definitions
1. a feudal lord or baron- 2. 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)