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heáfod-stede

  • noun [ masculine ]
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heáfod-stede, es; m.
A chief place
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  • Heora þeówas hie benóman heora heáfodstedes ðæt hie Capitoliam héton

    servi invaserunt Capitolium,

      Ors. 2, 6; Swt. 86, 30.
  • Hwílum wǽran heáfodstedas and heálíce hádas micelre mǽðe wyrðe

    formerly the chief places and high ranks were entitled to much honour,

      L. Eth. vii. 3; Th. i. 330, 6.
Etymology
[O. Sax. hóƀid-stedi: O. H. Ger. houpit-stat toparchia.]
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