Trithing
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 a riding (one of three ancient divisions of a county in England) historical
"Where a county is divided into three of these intermediate jurisdictions, they are called trithings, which were antiently governed by a trithing-reeve. These trithings still subsist in the large county of York, where by an easy corruption they are denominated ridings; the north, the east, and the west-riding."
Example
More examples"Where a county is divided into three of these intermediate jurisdictions, they are called trithings, which were antiently governed by a trithing-reeve. These trithings still subsist in the large county of York, where by an easy corruption they are denominated ridings; the north, the east, and the west-riding."
Etymology
From Middle English trithing, tridinge, from Old English *þriðing, from Old Norse þriðjungr (“third part”).
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