þegn

See also: thegn and þeġn

Icelandic

þegn m (genitive singular þegns, nominative plural þegnar)

Declension of þegn (masculine)

þegn

þeġn m

servant
- late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
  Iob, sē ēadiġa and sē ānrǣda godes þeġn, wæs swa fulfremed on eallum gōdnyssum þæt god sylf cwæþ bē him þæt his ġelīċa nǣre þā on þām līfe ofer eorþan.
  Job, the prosperous and unwavering servant of god, was so perfect in all his good deeds that God Himself said that there was no one like him living on Earth.
(poetic) man, warrior, hero
officer
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Sebastian, Martyr"
  Þa wurdon hi ealle þurh þæt wundor ablicgede and þæs þægnes gebedda ðe þa gebroþra heold wæs for six gearum for swiðlicre untrumnysse...
  Then they were all astonished at that miracle; and the wife of the officer, who had charge of the brothers, for six years, through a severe sickness...

Declension of þeġn (strong a-stem)

þegn m

Declension of þegn (strong a-stem)

þegn in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.