onstead

English

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.

Noun

onstead (plural onsteads)

  1. (Britain, Scotland, dialectal) A single farmhouse; a steading.
    • 1828, Robert Chambers, The Picture of Scotland (volume 1, page 232)
      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.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for onstead in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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