In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 730 inbound references to thing, and connects out to Althing, hundred and Old English.
It is catalogued under topics including Direct democracy, Early Germanic law and Elective monarchy.
Vinony links it to 36 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- assembly
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- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- topic's main category
- Category:Thing (assembly)
- Commons category
- Thing (assembly)
- native label
- þing
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Encyclopedic overview
A Germanic assembly, by Charles Rochussen
A thing, also known as a folkmoot, assembly, tribal council, and by other names, was a governing assembly in early Germanic society, made up of the free people of the community presided over by a lawspeaker. Things took place regularly, usually at prominent places accessible by travel. They provided legislative functions, as well as social events and trade opportunities. In modern usage, the meaning of this word in English and other languages has shifted to mean not just an assemblage of some sort but also simply an object of any kind. Thingstead (Old English: þingstede) or thingstow (Old English: þingstōw) is the English term for the location where a thing was held.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “thing” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.