"Thingstead" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Thingsteads [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English þingstede, equivalent to Thing + stead (“place, site, location”). Compare Old High German dingstat, Old Norse þingstaðr. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|ang|þingstede}} Learned borrowing from Old English þingstede, {{compound|en|Thing|stead|t2=place, site, location}} Thing + stead (“place, site, location”), {{m+|goh|dingstat}} Old High German dingstat, {{m+|non|þingstaðr}} Old Norse þingstaðr Head templates: {{en-noun}} Thingstead (plural Thingsteads)
  1. (historical, Germanic, Anglo-Saxon) A place where a Thing (governing meeting or assembly) was held; forum Tags: Germanic, historical Synonyms: thingstead
    Sense id: en-Thingstead-en-noun-E-uDbfBf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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