English Explanatory Dictionary

onstead

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A single farmhouse; a steading.

Word forms

onstead onsteads

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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