thane

1. During the feast, a thane named Unferth tries to get into a boasting match with Beowulf by accusing him of losing a swimming contest.
   庆典过程中，一位名叫恩费尔特的领主为了和贝奥武夫比赛投巨石，就讥讽他曾经输掉的游泳比赛。
2. XIANGZI had run two dozen steps when he stopped short, unwilling to leave thane camels behind him.
   祥子已经跑出二三十步去，可又不肯跑了，他舍不得那几匹骆驼。
3. There lived a great thane, or lord, called Macbeth.
   有一个显赫的爵士，或称贵族，名叫麦克白。
4. No one really knows Thane's background, but he has been teaching Alchemy in Bracada for so long that not even the elders remember a time without him.
   没有人知道塞恩的真正来历，只知道他研究炼金术已经很长时间了。

noun

1. a man ranking above an ordinary freeman and below a noble in Anglo-Saxon England (especially one who gave military service in exchange for land)

2. a feudal lord or baron