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Is thane a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word thane is a Scrabble US word. The word thane is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is thane a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word thane is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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5-letter words (3 found)

AHENT,NEATH,THANE,

4-letter words (15 found)

ANTE,EATH,ETNA,HAEN,HAET,HANT,HATE,HEAT,HENT,NEAT,TANE,TANH,THAE,THAN,THEN,

3-letter words (22 found)

ANE,ANT,ATE,EAN,EAT,ETA,ETH,HAE,HAN,HAT,HEN,HET,NAE,NAH,NAT,NET,NTH,TAE,TAN,TEA,TEN,THE,

2-letter words (14 found)

AE,AH,AN,AT,EA,EH,EN,ET,HA,HE,NA,NE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 55 words from thane according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of thane

thane htane tahne athne hatne ahtne thnae htnae tnhae nthae hntae nhtae tanhe atnhe tnahe ntahe anthe nathe hante ahnte hnate nhate anhte nahte thaen htaen tahen athen haten ahten thean htean tehan ethan hetan ehtan taehn atehn teahn etahn aethn eathn haetn ahetn heatn ehatn aehtn eahtn thnea htnea tnhea nthea hntea nhtea thena htena tehna ethna hetna ehtna tneha nteha tenha etnha netha entha hneta nheta henta ehnta nehta enhta taneh atneh tnaeh ntaeh anteh nateh taenh atenh teanh etanh aetnh eatnh tneah nteah tenah etnah netah entah aneth naeth aenth eanth neath enath hanet ahnet hnaet nhaet anhet nahet haent ahent heant ehant aehnt eahnt hneat nheat henat ehnat nehat enhat aneht naeht aenht eanht neaht enaht

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Definitions and meaning of thane

thane

Alternative forms

  • thegn, thayn
  • thein, theine (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English theyn, thein, þein, from Old English þæġn, þeġen, þegn, from Proto-West Germanic *þegn (“man, warrior”), from Proto-Germanic *þegnaz (“man, warrior”), from Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- (“to give birth”); akin to Dutch degen, German Degen, Old Norse þegn and Ancient Greek τέκνον (téknon, “child”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θeɪn/
  • Rhymes: -eɪn

Noun

thane (plural thanes)

  1. (historical) A rank of nobility in pre-Norman England, roughly equivalent to baron.
    • 2000, Wulfstan, Robert Boenig (editor and translator), Sermo Lupi ad Anglos, Anglo-Saxon Spirituality: Selected Writings, page 144,
      Although some serfs escape from their lord and turn away from Christendom to the Vikings and after this it happens that the clash of swords becomes common to thane and serf, if the serf utterly kills the thane, he lies unpaid by all of the serf's kin.

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "baron"): hlæfdige f
  • (antonym(s) of "title"): hlæfdige f

Derived terms

  • thanehood
  • thanage

Translations

See also

  • baron
  • gesith < ġesīþ

References

Anagrams

  • 'neath, Aneth, Anthe, Ethan, Nathe, Neath, ahent, neath

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English thane.

Noun

thane m (plural thanes)

  1. thane

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.


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