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a seat of honour
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  • 'Ðé is leófre on ðisum wácum scræfum þonne ðú on healle heálic biscop sitte.' Ðá cwæð hé þæt hé wurðe nǽre ðæs heáhsetles,

      Hml. Th. ii. 146, 30.
an official seat,
of a king,
a throne
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  • On héghseðel Godes

    in throno Dei,

      Mt. L. 23, 22.

  • Bifore héhsedle Godes,

      Rtl. 48, 3.

  • Héhsedlo

    thronos,

      113, 12.
a judgement-seat
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  • Fore héhsedle (dómsetle, W. S.)

    pro tribunali,

      Mt. L. 27, 19.

  • Biforan héhseðile Crístes

    ante tribunal Christi,

      Rtl. 13, 7.

  • Gié sittað ofer héhsedlo (-e, R.) dóemendo

    sedeatis super thronos iudicantes,

      Lk. L. 22, 30.
of a teacher, speaker, &c
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  • In héhseotle aeldrena hergen hine

    in cathedra seniorum laudent eum,

      Ps. Srt. 106, 32.

  • Haehsedlum prorostris (for

    pro rostris,

), Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 26.
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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/51936.

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