noun Archaic.
a hamlet; village.
Also, thorpe.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with German Dorf, Old Norse thorp village, Gothic thaurp field
before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with German Dorf, Old Norse thorp village, Gothic thaurp field
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| —n | |
| a small village | |
| [Old English; related to Old Norse thorp village, Old High German dorf, Gothic thaurp] | |
| thorpe or thorpe | |
| —n | |
| [Old English; related to Old Norse thorp village, Old High German dorf, Gothic thaurp] | |
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thorp
O.E. ðorp "village, hamlet, farm, estate," reinforced by O.N. ðorp, both from P.Gmc. *thurpa- (cf. O.Fris. thorp, Fris. terp, M.Du., Du. dorp, Ger. dorf "village," Goth. þaurp "estate, land, field"), probably from PIE base *treb- "dwelling." Preserved in place names ending in -thorp, -thrup.
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