Onstead

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A single farmhouse; a steading. Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal

    "The farm onsteads on many properties are old, and afford too little accommodation"

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"The farm onsteads on many properties are old, and afford too little accommodation"

Etymology

With loss of original w-, due to Scandinavian una (“to reside, dwell”), from *wonstead, from won (“to reside, dwell”) + stead. More at wone, stead. Alternatively, possibly a corruption of homestead.

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