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thingstead

thingstead is the alternative letter-case form of Thingstead.

Noun capitalized: Thingstead

Thingstead (plural Thingsteads)

  1. (Germanic, historical, Anglo-Saxon) A place where a Thing (governing meeting or assembly) was held; forum

Forms of thingstead

pluralthingsteads
pluralThingsteads
alternative formthingstead

Origin of thingstead

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

Questions about thingstead

What does thingstead mean?
Thingstead means a place where a Thing (governing meeting or assembly) was held; forum.
What is thingstead the alternative letter-case form of?
Thingstead is the alternative letter-case form of Thingstead.
What part of speech is thingstead?
Thingstead is a noun.
What is the plural of thingstead?
The plural of thingstead is thingsteads.

Words near thingstead in the dictionary

  1. things in action
  2. things in possession
  3. things of nothing
  4. things that go bump in the night
  5. things-in-themselves
  6. thingstead
  7. thingsteads
  8. Thingujam
  9. thingum
  10. thingumabob
  11. thingumabobs

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