Another sign of collaboration is that Wihtred s laws use " gesith ", a West Saxon term for noble, in place of the Kentish term " eorlcund ".
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Another sign of collaboration is that Wihtred's laws use " gesith ", a West Saxon term for noble, in place of the Kentish term " eorlcund ".
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The precursor of the thegn was the " gesith ", the companion of the king or great lord, a member of his " comitatus ", and the word thegn began to be used to describe a military " gesith ".
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The precursor of the thegn was the " gesith ", the companion of the king or great lord, a member of his " comitatus ", and the word thegn began to be used to describe a military " gesith ".
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But, like all other words of the kind, the word " thegn " was slowly changing its meaning, and, " the very name, like that of the " gesith ", has different senses in different ages and kingdoms, but the original idea of military service runs through all the meanings of " thegn ", as that of personal association is traceable in all the applications of " gesith " ".
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But, like all other words of the kind, the word " thegn " was slowly changing its meaning, and, " the very name, like that of the " gesith ", has different senses in different ages and kingdoms, but the original idea of military service runs through all the meanings of " thegn ", as that of personal association is traceable in all the applications of " gesith " ".