Thingstead
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old EnglishCategory:English terms borrowed from Old English#THINGSTEADCategory:English learned borrowings from Old English#THINGSTEADCategory:English terms derived from Old English#THINGSTEAD þingstede, equivalent to Thing + stead (“place, site, location”)Category:English compound terms#THINGSTEAD. Compare Old High German dingstat, Old Norse þingstaðr and Danish tingsted.
Noun
Thingstead (plural Thingsteads)Category:English lemmas#THINGSTEADCategory:English nouns#THINGSTEADCategory:English countable nouns#THINGSTEADCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#THINGSTEADCategory:Pages with entries#THINGSTEADCategory:Pages with 1 entry#THINGSTEAD
- (historicalCategory:English terms with historical senses#THINGSTEAD, Germanic, Anglo-Saxon) A place where a Thing (governing meeting or assembly) was held; forum