Sentence examples for thanes from inspiring English sources

King Harold, hearing of this invasion, left London immediately with his housecarls and such thanes and shire militia as he could muster, and by forced marches surprised the invaders at Stamford Bridge on September 25, utterly destroying them and killing Harald and Tostig.

"The Battle of Maldon," which describes the defeat of Aldorman Byrhtnoth and much of his army at the hands of Viking invaders in 991, discovers in defeat an occasion to celebrate the heroic ideal, contrasting the determination of many of Byrhtnoth's thanes to avenge his death or die in the attempt with the cowardice of others who left the field.

He was a wise administrator, organizing his finances and the service due from his thanes (noble followers).

The fyrd was gradually superseded by the gathering of the thanes (feudal lords) and their retainers, but it was occasionally called out for defensive purposes even after the Norman Conquest (1066).

In Celtic and Anglo-Saxon literature, such as the writings of Taliesin and in the Mabinogion and Beowulf, mead is the drink of kings and thanes.

WITH: Will Keen (Macbeth), Anastasia Hille (Lady Macbeth), David Caves (Macduff), David Collings (Duncan/Scottish Doctor), Kelly Hotten (Porter/Lady Macduff), Orlando James Malcolm, Ryan Kiggellll (Banquo) and Philip Cairns, Vincent Enderby, Nicholas Goode, Greg Kolpakchi and Edmund Wiseman (Thanes).

The local castle, according to a now discredited tradition perpetuated by Shakespeare, was the scene of the murder of King Duncan I by Macbeth, the thane of Cawdor, in 1040.

Soon thereafter Macbeth discovers that he has indeed been made thane of Cawdor, which leads him to believe the rest of the prophecy.

The present castle, a fine example of Scottish Baronial architecture, dates from the late 17th century, though the site is believed to have been occupied since the 11th century, when the Scottish monarch Macbeth was thane (ruler) of Glamis.

Macbeth and Banquo, who are generals serving King Duncan of Scotland, meet the Weird Sisters, three witches who prophesy that Macbeth will become thane of Cawdor, then king, and that Banquo will beget kings.

Of noble birth, he was a thane of King Oswiu (Oswy) of Northumbria before renouncing (653) a worldly life.