thorp, thorpe

[A. S. thorp a village; cogn. with Dut. dorp =a village; Icel. thorp: Dan. torp; Sw.torp a little farm, a cottage; Goth. thaurp; Ger dorf. ] A group of houses standing_together in the country; a village, a hamlet. It occurs principally as an element in place names, and in names derived from places; as, Althorp, Cops mans thorpe, . "Wish'd for, or welcome, wheresoe'er he came- Among the tenantry of thorpe and vill." thōs, s. [THOUS.] 4074 thought (ough as â), *thoughte, pret. & pa. par. of v [THINK.]