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heóþu

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
heóþu, e; f.
A room, hall
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  • Hé on heóþe gestód

    he in the hall halted,

    • Beo. Th. 813; B. 404.
Etymology
[Dietrich in Haupt. x. 366 compares the word with κύτos: Heyne suggests a derivation from the root from which comes heáh, and translates as do Kemble and Thorpe dais, at the same time he gives the other etymology as a possible one.]
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v. hell-heóþo.
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v.  hell-heóþo.
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