birthstead

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birthstead

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From Middle English birth-sted, equivalent to birth + stead (“place, location”).

noun birthsteads · birth-stead

archaic, poetic The place of one's birth, birthplace. For the sun is truly the birthstead of the whole earth.

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@misc{birthstead_2026,
  title = {birthstead},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/birthstead},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}