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heáh-setl

  • noun [ neuter ]
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heáh-setl, es; n.
A high seat, throne, seat of honour [at table], seat of justice
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  • Ðín heáhsetl

    thronum,

      Ps. Th. 88, 26.

  • Forðon héhseðil godes is

    quia thronus Dei est,

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 34.

  • Ðonne crist siteþ on his cynestóle on heáhsetle

    when Christ sitteth on his royal seat, on his throne,

      Exon. 25 b; Th. 75, 7; Cri. 1218: Lchdnt. iii. 426, 6.

  • Se ríca man ðe sitt on his heáhsetle hraðe geswícþ hé his gebeórscipes gif ða þeówan geswícaþ ðæra teolunga

    the great man that sits on his high seat will soon discontinue his feast if the servants discontinue the attendance,

      Homl. Th. i. 272, 35.

  • Ðá hé ðá sett on héhsettle

    sedente autem illo pro tribunali,

      Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 27, 19.

  • Fore ðæm héhsedle

    pro tribunali,

      Jn. Skt. Lind. 19, 13.

  • Be ðám unrihtwísum cyningum ða wé gesióþ sittan on ðám héhstan heáhsetlum

    concerning unjust kings whom we see sitting on the highest thrones,

      Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 2.
Etymology
[Laym. hæh-setle throne: O. H. Ger. hóh-sedal thronus, solium, triclinium: cf. Icel. há-sæti a high seat (at table).]
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v.  heáh-seld.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “heáh-setl.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/18372.

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