Thingstead

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A place where a Thing (governing meeting or assembly) was held; forum Germanic, historical
  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of Thingstead. alt-of

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English þingstede, equivalent to Thing + stead (“place, site, location”). Compare Old High German dingstat, Old Norse þingstaðr and Danish tingsted.

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