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What is an underthegn?

Question #127001. Asked by Ilona_Ritter.

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Answer has 2 votes.
A thegn is an aristocrat/nobleman in Anglo-Saxon England, lower than an earl but higher than a freeman.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thegn

link http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/underthane

An underthegn would be to a thegn like an undersecretary to a secretary, probably the second-in-command.

Oct 02 2012, 12:27 PM
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