trithing
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Where a county is divided into three of these intermediate jurisdictions, they are called trithings, which were antiently governed by a trithing-reeve. These trithings still subsist in the large county of York, where by an easy corruption they are denominated ridings; the north, the east, and the west-riding."
Etymology
From Middle English trithing, tridinge, from Old English *þriðing, from Old Norse þriðjungr (“third part”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: trithing, *þriðing, þriðjungr
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
trithing-mote
trithing-reeve