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Middle English
- werstede, wirsted, worchestede, worestede, worsested, worsted, wurstede, wurthstede
- woorstead, woosted, worestede, worstet, wosted, wursted (Late Middle English)
Etymology
From Worstede, a town in Norfolk; equivalent to Old English worϸ (“enclosure”) + stede (“place”).
Pronunciation
Noun
worstede (plural worstedes)
- worsted (a kind of cloth)
- A piece of worsted.
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