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noun
A place where a Thing (governing meeting or assembly) was held; forum
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Germanic, historical
Qualifier: Anglo-Saxon
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Thingstead.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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History
Revived from Old English þingstede. By surface analysis, Thing + stead (“place, site, location”). Cf. Old High German dingstat, Old Norse þingstaðr, and Danish tingsted.
