Thing
English
Etymology
See thing.
Pronunciation
Noun
Thing (plural Things)
- (chiefly historical) A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.
- 1894, George W. Dasent (translator), The Orkneyingers Saga, Icelandic Sagas, volume 3:
- But when the earl held a Thing, then Thorkell spoke on behalf of the freemen, told the need of the men, and bade the earl spare his people.
- 1988, Patrick J. Geary, Chapter II, "The Barbarian World in the Sixth Century", 'Germanic Culture', Before France and Germany: the creation and transformation of the Merovingian world, page 55:
- The supreme political unit of the tribe was the assembly of its free male warriors. This assembly, called the "Thing", served as the court of highest instance for dealing with individuals who had broken fundamental elements of the tribal pact, an occasion to meet and to reinforce ties among members, and, often, an assembly which preceded a military campaign.
- 1997, Bernard Scudder (trans.), Egil's Saga, Penguin 2001 (The Sagas of Icelanders), page 168:
- 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.
- 2004, Sjúrður Skaale, The Right to National Self-Determination: the Faroe Islands and Greenland, page 46:
- 1928 The Executive Committee of the Law Thing is created to assume executive powers from the Governor.
- 1894, George W. Dasent (translator), The Orkneyingers Saga, Icelandic Sagas, volume 3:
Derived terms
- Thingstead
- the Althing of Iceland
- the Great Thing of Norway
- the Law Thing of the Faroes
Translations
public assembly
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Anagrams
German
Etymology
Modern borrowing from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse þing.
Pronunciation
Noun
Thing n (genitive Things, plural Thinge)
- Thing (historic Germanic council)
Declension
Synonyms
- Ding (dated)
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