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==Etymology== The name Tynwald, like the [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]] {{lang|is|[[Þingvellir]]}} and [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] ''[[Tingvoll Municipality|Tingvoll]]'', is derived from the [[Old Norse language|Old Norse]] word {{lang|is|Þingvǫllr}} meaning the meeting place of the assembly, the field (vǫllr→wald, cf. the Old English cognate [[weald]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Pokorny Etymon: 4. u̯el-, u̯elə- 'wool, hair; grass, wold, forest'|url=http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/lrc/ielex/U/P2134.html|website=Indo-European Lexicon : PIE Etymon and IE Reflexes|publisher=University of Texas at Austin, Linguistics Research Center|access-date=21 May 2015|date=13 May 2014|quote=West Saxon: weald n.masc weald: forest / Old Norse: vǫllr n.masc wold, untilled field}}</ref> of the ''[[thing (assembly)|thing]]''.
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