English Explanatory Dictionary

Thingstead

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A place where a Thing (governing meeting or assembly) was held; forum
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Thingstead.

Word forms

Thingstead Thingsteads

Etymology

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

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