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þing-stede

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
þing-stede, es; m.
A place where a meeting (v. þing, II) is held
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  • On ðam þingstede (

    in the place to which Christ had summoned his disciples to speak with them for the last time.

      Cf. tó
    Bethania þeóden his þegna gedryht gelaðade; hý ðæs láreówes word ne gehyrwdon, hyra sincgiefan, 29, 2-9; Cri. 456), Exon. Th. 31, 17; Cri. 497.
  • Ic gefrægn leóde tósomne bannan ... Ðá wæs tó ðam þingstede þeód gesamnod,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2197; An. 1100.
Etymology
[An that hús innan, thár Pilatus was an thero thingstedi, Hél. 5307. O. H. Ger. ding-stat forum, conciliabulum: Icel. þing-staðr place where a þing is held.]
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