Thing

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.4 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Old Norse þing (Swedish ting), cognate with Old English þing ( > English thing).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /θɪŋ/

[edit] Noun

Thing (uncountable)

1. (obsolete, Historical) A public assembly or council in a Scandinavian country

   • 1997, Before Thorstein left home, he and Asgerd decided to take Arinbjorn's gift, the silk cloak, out of Egil's chest, and Thorstein wore it to the Thing. — ‘Egil's Saga’, tr. Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders (Penguin 2001, p. 168)

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: ghint
• night, Night