Thingstead

See also: thingstead

English

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Etymology

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

Noun

Thingstead (plural Thingsteads)

  1. (historical, Germanic, Anglo-Saxon) A place where a Thing (governing meeting or assembly) was held; forum

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