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hús-ting

  • noun [ neuter ]
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hús-ting, es; n.
A word taken from the Scandinavians [Icel. hús-þing a council or meeting to which a king, earl or captain summoned his people or guardsmen], a meeting, court, tribunal, apparently so called from its being held within a building when other courts were held in the open air. The word occurs in the following passages [Latin]
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  • Debet eciam in Londoñ, que caput est regni et legum, semper curia domini regis singulis septimanis die Lune hustingis sedere et teneri,

    • L. Th. i. 457, 36.

  • Ad folkemoth vel ad husteng,

      463, 11.

  • Non on hustenge neque in folkesmote,

    • 503, 3.

  • Ad pondus Hustingie Londonensis,

    • Chart. Th. 533, 10.
  • It is found also in English

    Mid hundeahtigum marcan hwítes seolfres be hústinges gewihte,

    • 329, 22.

  • Hí [the Danes] leaddon ðone biscop tó heora hústinga,

    • Chr. 1012
      • ;
    • Erl. 146, 17.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hús-ting.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/20027.

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