Complete Definition of "Thing"

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English

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

Pronunciation
IPA|/θɪ�/

Noun
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  1. context|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)

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