Thegne

An aristocratic retainer of a king or nobleman in Anglo-Saxon England, or as a class term, the majority of the aristocracy below the ranks of ealdormen and high-reeves. It is also the term for an early medieval Scandinavian class of retainers.

High ranking land owner, Lord
Shakespeare's Macbeth was the Thegne or Thane (Lord) of Cawdor