Birthstead

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The place of one's birth, birthplace. archaic, poetic

    "For the sun is truly the birthstead of the whole earth."

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birthplace

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"For the sun is truly the birthstead of the whole earth."

Etymology

From Middle English birth-sted, equivalent to birth + stead (“place, location”).

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