(noun.) 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).
(noun.) a feudal lord or baron.
丹尼斯编辑
双语例句
At four o'clock in the morning I found Miss Eliza Higgins busy about the new cap which was to kill the Thane. 哈里特·威尔逊.哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
The black cloud is low over the thane's castle The eagle screams--he rides on its bosom. 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
Vows, said the Abbot, must be unloosed, worthy Franklin, or permit me rather to say, worthy Thane, though the title is antiquated. 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
Dark sits the evening upon the thanes castle, The black clouds gather round; Soon shall they be red as the blood of the valiant! 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.