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N (masc)

a place, spot, locality

Source: Fulk 2014:19, https://bosworthtoller.com/28830

Attested in Ætherlwold's Reforms, Exeter Book Riddle 5 ("folcstede")

originates from: PGmc *stadi- "place, town" (stadi- > stædi > stedi > stede) through pgmc-to-oe
(source: Kroonen 2013:472)
Component of compounds
folcstede "public place"

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