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thorp


noun Archaic.

  1. a hamlet; village.

noun (in place names)

  1. a small village

n.Old English ðorp “village, hamlet, farm, estate,” reinforced by Old Norse ðorp, both from Proto-Germanic *thurpa- (cf. Old Frisian thorp, Frisian terp, Middle Dutch, Dutch dorp, German dorf “village,” Gothic þaurp “estate, land, field”), probably from PIE root *treb- “dwelling.” Preserved in place names ending in -thorp, -thrup.

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