Answer: thegn

AnswerCrossword Clue
THEGNAnglo-Saxon thane.
THEGNScot's title: Var.
THEGNClan chief: Var.
thegnmember of any of several aristocratic classes of men ranking between earls and ordinary freemen, and granted lands by the king or by lords for military service
thegnthane 1
thegna king's companion in Anglo-Saxon England, also THANE
thegnperson, ranking with an earl's son, holding lands of the king; the chief of a clan, who became one of the king's barons