See also: thingstead

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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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Thingstead (plural Thingsteads)

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

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