trithing
trithing noun: a riding (one of three ancient divisions of a county in England).
Noun
trithing (plural trithings)
- a riding (one of three ancient divisions of a county in England)
- 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...1771, William, Sir Blackstone, “Of the Countries Subject to the Laws of England”, in Commentaries on the Laws of England, volume 1, page 116
Forms of trithing
| plural | trithings |
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Origin of trithing
From Middle English trithing, tridinge, from Old English *þriðing, from Old Norse þriðjungr (“third part”).
Words formed from trithing
- riding
- trithing-mote
- trithing-reeve
Questions about trithing
- What does trithing mean?
- Trithing means a riding (one of three ancient divisions of a county in England).
- What part of speech is trithing?
- Trithing is a noun.
- What is the plural of trithing?
- The plural of trithing is trithings.
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