here-strǽt
- noun [ feminine ]
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Léton ðone hálgan be herestrǽte swefan on sibbe
they left the saint sleeping in peace by the highway,
- Andr. Kmbl. 1662; An. 833.
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Ðanan on herestrǽt
thence to the high road
,- Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 265, 30. [Cf. óð ða wýdestrǽte, 32.]
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Wegas syndon drýge herestrǽta
the ways [through the Red Sea] are dry, the roads for the host,
- Cd. 157; Th. 195, 29; Exod. 284.
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Ne mé herestrǽta ofer cald wæter cúþe sindon
nor are the highways over the cold water known to me,
- Andr. Kmbl. 400; An. 200.
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Gegier ðæt ðíne willas iernan bí herestrǽtum
in plateis aquas divide,
- Past. 48, 6; Swt. 373, 6.
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Æfter cyninga herestrǽtum
along king's highways,
- 373, 18.
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Ic hí ádilgode swá swá wind déþ dust on herestrǽtum
ut lutum platearum delebo eos,
- Ps. Th. 17, 40.
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Omnes herestrete
omnino regis sunt,
- L. H. 10, 2; Th. i. 519, 11.
- [O. Frs. hiri-strete: O. H. Ger. heri-stráza via publica.] Cf. here-paþ, -weg.
Bosworth, Joseph. “here-strǽt.” 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/18914.
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