Pl. -men. [ad. ON. þingmaðr, in pl. þingmenn.] A member of a Scandinavian Thing; spec. = HOUSECARL.
[1862. Ld. Brougham, Brit. Const., x. 137. The Danish Princes … keeping on foot a guard called Thingmann or Thinglate, of 3,000 men.]
1870. Freeman, Norm. Conq. (ed. 2), I. vi. 440. Cnut now organized a regular paid force…. These were the famous Thingmen, the Housecarls.
1886. Corbett, Fall of Asgard, II. x. 130. The bonders came and laid their hands in Thorkel’s, swearing themselves his Thingmen.
1890. Hall Caine, Bondman, III. iv. Who were these men? They were Thingmen … the law-makers.
