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This proves Thord Kolbeinson in a song that he made on Gunnlaug the Wormtongue Grim and Olaf great-hearts In Gondul's din, with thin sword First did Gunnlaug fell there Ere at Raven fared he Bold, with blood be-drifted Bane of three the thane was War-lord of the wave-horse Wrought for men folks' slaughter Meanwhile Raven and Thorkel the Black, Gunnlaug's kinsman, fought until Thorkel fell before Raven and lost his life; and so at last all their fellowship fell.— The Story Of Gunnlaug The Worm-Tongue And Raven The Skald 1875
He gaid away thane, and apperit to hir att ane vthir tyme, ane lustie mane, with mony mene and wemen with him: And that scho sanit hir and prayit, and past with thame forder nor scho could tell; and saw with thame pypeing and mirrynes and good scheir.— The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology
A thane was a sort of chieftain in the Saxon state.— King Alfred of England Makers of History

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