onstead

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Letters: 7

Definition of onstead

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal)A single farmhouse; a steading.

“The farm onsteads on many properties are old, and afford too little accommodation”
“The onstead, which is nearly the same as when inhabited by the poet, lies about seven miles from the town, on the right hand side of the road, surrounded by a few trees.”
“We then did a house at Mowhaugh, and a farm-house at Stodrig, and a part of an onstead. I did the wrightwork of a house at Bemersyde, and an onstead at Butchercote.”

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Etymology

With loss of original w-, due to Scandinavian una (“to reside, dwell”), from *wonstead, from won (“to reside, dwell”) + stead. More at wone, stead. Alternatively, possibly a corruption of homestead.

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