Thingstead

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

Noun

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

Origin

Learned borrowing from Old English þingstede, equivalent to Thing + stead (“place, site, location”). Compare Old High German dingstat, Old Norse þingstaðr and Danish tingsted.

Forms

Thingsteads thingstead