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From: TERRA INCOGNITA <inarsus-ferilt-z_at_mrg.biglobe.ne.jp>
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 17:42:55 +0900

http://ellone-loire.net/obsidian/glossary.html <<The Scandinavian "Jarl", which came to be transliterated in English as "Earl" has exactly the same sense: a companion or supporter (of Royalty). The German term of "Graf" also has the same basic meaning as well. English is unusual in that it preserves all three terms in contemporary speech: >>

And "Thunder Rebels" simply upholds "nobles" over thanes. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin nobilis.]

thane noun
1.a. A freeman granted land by the king in return for military service in Anglo-Saxon England. b. A man ranking above an ordinary freeman and below a nobleman [TI: Earl?] in Anglo-Saxon England. 2.A feudal lord or baron in Scotland.

[Middle English, from Old English thegn.]

In LOTR, thane is also the title of the administrator of Shire appointed by the High King of Eliador...and succeeded by Peregrin Took after the War. sorry, OT.

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