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Bookmark or Share- Thain - WikipediaThain is a name. Notable people with the surname include: Gillian Stroudley (née Thain, 1925–1992), English painter and printmaker. Notable people with the given name include: Look up thain in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
- Red Book of Westmarch - WikipediaThe Red Book of Westmarch (sometimes the Thain's Book [T 1] after its principal version) is a fictional manuscript written by hobbits, related to the author J. R. R. Tolkien's frame stories. It is an instance of the found manuscript conceit, [1] a literary device to explain the source of his legendarium.
- Thegn - WikipediaThegn (Old English: þeġn) meant servant or warrior, and it replaced the term gesith. [8] . Law codes assigned a weregeld or man price of 200 shillings for a ceorl and 1,200s for a thegn. [13] Thegns were divided into three ranks: ealdormen (later earl), king's thegns, and median thegns. [14] .
- Thain - Tolkien GatewayThe Thain was an office of great respect in the Shire. The Thain was master of the Shire-moot and captain of the Shire-muster and Hobbitry-in-arms. [1] For nearly four hundred years after its foundation, the Shire had been part of the lands of Arthedain, and under the rule of that land's King.
- Shire-thain | The One Wiki to Rule Them All | FandomThe Shire-thain, also known as the Thain of the Shire, was the title given to the traditional military leader of the Hobbits in the Shire after the fall of Fornost and the Dúnedain Kingdom of Arthedain in the mid-Third Age.
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