ANGLO-SAXON ROOTS. 415 
from “‘bondmen” and husbandmen, in being pro- 
vided for at the table of their master, and having 
also to provide for his table. Our law terms 
show us the distinction of ‘ Bordlands” and 
“‘Bordwoods,” upon which the Bordarii were 
probably employed to produce food and procure 
firing for the household purposes of the proprietor. 
The Servi were the real slaves; the “thrals,” 
those whom the owners could buy and sell inde- 
pendently of the soil—poor wretches without a 
right—just like slaves in America. 
It may not be amiss here, though partly con- 
trary to the avowal with which we set out, to 
take for our next root “thenian,” to serve, to pay 
homage to, because it bears upon what we have 
just advanced, with respect to certain expressions 
in the “ Domboc;” although root and branch it 
has become wholly obsolete. From it is derived 
the Anglo-Saxon “thane.” The whole history 
of the Anglo-Saxons is mingled up with the 
names, actions, and transactions, of these person- 
ages. We find two orders mentioned, king's 
thanes, and common thanes. ‘The king’s thanes 
owed him suit and service, for which they held 
lands under him. He had his “land theyns,” his 
‘“disctheyns,” his ‘‘hregel thanes,” his ‘ hors 
