Thingstead
See also: thingstead
English edit
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Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Old English þingstede, equivalent to Thing + stead (“place, site, location”). Compare Old High German dingstat, Old Norse þingstaðr.
Noun edit
Thingstead (plural Thingsteads)
- (historical, Germanic, Anglo-Saxon) A place where a Thing (governing meeting or assembly) was held; forum