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thingstead

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
thing-stead
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A place where a Thing (governing meeting or assembly) was held; forum

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Thingstead.

Etymology

Revived from Old English þingstede. By surface analysis, Thing + stead (“place, site, location”). Cf. Old High German dingstat, Old Norse þingstaðr, and Danish tingsted.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Thingsteads (plural)

Questions

What does thingstead mean?
A place where a Thing (governing meeting or assembly) was held; forum
Where does thingstead come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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