Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thingman

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thing-man
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of several men gathered at a thing, for example to settle a dispute over a debt.

noun

(One of several) men serving as the army, particularly the mercenary army, (of a specific ruler).

Example Sentences

"Now if the debtor pleads that "I do not know the law but I will comply with whatever the thingmen think lawful," he [the creditor] must summon him before the thing after five nights, at the shortest, and five times five at the longest, if he knows when the thing is to meet; […] it is then the duty of the thingmen to decide the matter and to award him his money."
"A thingman and chieftain owed each other duties of support. […] The ideal is well stated by Eyjolf to his own thingmen as he requests their support in his struggles against the Ljosvetning kin group […]"

Etymology

Calque of Old Norse thingman, which is þing (“thing”) + maðr (“man”), or else a back-formation from "thingmen", which was borrowed morpheme for morpheme from þingmenn (“thingmen”).

Inflected Forms

thingmen (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Thingmen Thingman

Questions

What does thingman mean?: One of several men gathered at a thing, for example to settle a dispute over a debt.
Where does thingman come from?: Calque of Old Norse thingman, which is þing (“thing”) + maðr (“man”), or else a back-formation from "thingmen", which was borrowed morpheme for morpheme from þingmenn (“thingmen”).

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