þingræden

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Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Compound noun from Old English þing (thing) +‎ -rǣden (direction, guidance).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈθin.ɡræː.den/, [ˈθiŋ.ɡræː.den]

Noun

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þingrǣden f (nominative plural þingrǣdena)

  1. intercession, advocacy, pleading, intervention, mediation
    • 1921, Joseph Bosworth, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary: Based on the Manuscript Collections of the Late Joseph Bosworth, D.D., F.R.S.: Explanation of References, page 1062:
      Ða apostoli hī āstrehton æt ðæs ealdormannes fōtum, biddende ðæt ða hǣðengildan nǣron for heora intingan ācwealde... Ðā cwæl se ealdorman: "Wundur mē ðincþ eower ðingrǣden."
      The apostoles arrived near to at the judge's feet, begging that the paganism wasn't a cause for her to die... Then the judge said: "Your intercession hurts my honour."

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