The Whole Works of King Alfred the Great: With Preliminary Essays Illustrative of the History, Arts, and Manners, of the Ninth Century, Volume 1Printed and published for the Alfred Committee by J.F. Smith, 1852 |
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Page 167
... thegn oferfeng ; 60 Heht faestlice , Heran sceoldan . Folc - gesithas 140 Waes se Heretema , Healdon thone here - rinc . Criste gecnoden ; Cyning selfa onfeng Fulluht theawum . Waes him hreoh sefa Ege from tham eorle ; 65 He hine inne ...
... thegn oferfeng ; 60 Heht faestlice , Heran sceoldan . Folc - gesithas 140 Waes se Heretema , Healdon thone here - rinc . Criste gecnoden ; Cyning selfa onfeng Fulluht theawum . Waes him hreoh sefa Ege from tham eorle ; 65 He hine inne ...
Page 440
... thegn ; and yet Canute calls both these classes his thegns . But , though property might confer distinction , yet it ... thegn , provided he was the king's thegn . The gerefa and the scir - reve would also seem to have derived rank ...
... thegn ; and yet Canute calls both these classes his thegns . But , though property might confer distinction , yet it ... thegn , provided he was the king's thegn . The gerefa and the scir - reve would also seem to have derived rank ...
Page 452
... thegn , which was proba- bly the original Saxon term for miles . Upon this subject Turner well observes that the knight " even in the full chivalric meaning was a military servant of somebody , either of the king , the queen , a ...
... thegn , which was proba- bly the original Saxon term for miles . Upon this subject Turner well observes that the knight " even in the full chivalric meaning was a military servant of somebody , either of the king , the queen , a ...
Page 483
... thegn or thane , for it is ordained in the laws of Alfred that whoever fights before a bishop or an ealdorman shall make boot- that is compensation with a hundred shillings . The equality of fine to be paid in either case marks the ...
... thegn or thane , for it is ordained in the laws of Alfred that whoever fights before a bishop or an ealdorman shall make boot- that is compensation with a hundred shillings . The equality of fine to be paid in either case marks the ...
Page 485
... thegn must have " a church , a bell - house , a judicial at the burgh - gate , and a distinct office or station in the king's hall " ; which last might be interpreted either as signifying an office in the king's household , or a seat in ...
... thegn must have " a church , a bell - house , a judicial at the burgh - gate , and a distinct office or station in the king's hall " ; which last might be interpreted either as signifying an office in the king's household , or a seat in ...
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