Thing

Thing englanniksi

1. thing

1. A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.

2. {{quote-text|en|year=1894|translator=George W. Dasent|title=The Orkneyingers Saga: Icelandic Sagas|volume=3

3. 1988, Patrick J. Geary, Chapter II, "The Barbarian World in the Sixth Century", 'Germanic Culture', ''Before France and Germany: the creation and transformation of the Merovingian world'', page 55:

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 individuals who had broken fundamental elements of the tribal pact, an occasion to meet and to reinforce ties among members, and, often, an assembly which preceded a military campaign.

4. {{quote-text|en|year=1997|translator=Bernard Scudder|chapter=Egil's Saga|publisher=Penguin|year_published=2001|title=The Sagas of Icelanders|page=168

5. {{quote-text|en|year=2004|author=Sjúrður Skaale|title=The Right to National Self-Determination: the Faroe Islands and Greenland|page=46

6. Nickname or appellative for numerous "things", including fictional characters.

7. Nickname for the 181|Volkswagen 181.

8. Thing (gloss)

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