OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 25072

Thing

/θɪŋ/
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thing
A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.
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.
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 indi…
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