camp-stede
The place of battle, battle-field ⬩ locus pugnæ
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The place of battle, battle-field; locus pugnæ On ðam campstede on the battle-field, Chr. 937; Th. 204, 2, col. 1; Æðelst. 29: 937; Th. 206, 1, col. 1; Æthelst. 49. Fór campstede [MS. campsted] sécan he went forth to seek the place of battle, Bt. Met
deáþ-stede
A death-place ⬩ mortis campus
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A death-place; mortis campus Lágon on deáþstede drihtfolca mǽst the greatest of people lay on their death-place, Cd. 171; Th. 216, 1; Exod. 589
hleóðor-stede
A place where words have been spoken
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A place where words have been spoken, Cd. 109; Th. 145, 1; Gen. 2399
beán-stede
A place where beans are grown?
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A place where beans are grown? Tó beánstede . . . of beánstede, C. D. iii. 425, 19
bed-stede
A BEDSTEAD ⬩ sponda
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A BEDSTEAD; sponda
alh-stede
A sheltering-place ⬩ city ⬩ arx ⬩ urbs
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A sheltering-place, city; arx, urbs, Cd. 209; Th. 259, 11; Dan. 690
bǽl-stede
A funeral pile place ⬩ rogi locus
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A funeral pile place; rogi locus, Beo. Th. 6185; B. 3097
bæþ-stede
A place of baths ⬩ thermarum locus
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A place of baths; thermarum locus Bæþstede thermæ vel gymnasium, Ælfc. Gl. 55; Som. 67, 7; Wrt. Voc. 37, 5
hring-stede
circulare stadium
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circulare stadium, Lye
hús-stede
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The site of a building Ðeós wyrt byþ cenned on ealdum hússtedum, Herb. 52, 1; Lchdm. i. 154, 25; 85, i; Lchdm. i. 188, 12
stede-heard
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Of enduring hardness(?), very hard Strǽlas stedehearde, Judth. Thw. 24, 34; Jud. 223
stede-leás
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Without stability, unsteady, without power to retain one's place Ðonne biþ hé ðam men gelíc, ðe árǽrþ sume heáge hlǽddre and stíhþ be ðære hlǽddre stapum, óð ðæt hé tó ðæm ænde becume, and wylle ðonne git stígan ufor; ástíhþ ðonne búton stapum, óð ðæt
wíc-stede
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A dwelling-place, habitation Þúhte him eall tó rúm, wongas and wícstede, Beo. Th. 4915; B. 2462. Hé gemunde ðá áre, wícstede weligne, 5207; B. 2607. Hí his wícstede wéstan locum ejus desolaverunt, Ps. Th. 78, 7. Ic éþelstðl hæleþa hrére, hornsalu wagiaþ
ciric-stede
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Church-stead, site of a church Ðonon on clǽgweg be ciricstede, C. D. iii. 81, 10. Ǽrest on ðone chiricstede; ðonne of ðám chiricstede . . . on ðone chiricstede, 85, 7, 22
folc-stede
a battle-place ⬩ battle-field
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a battle-place, battle-field (v. folc; I. la); Æðelst. 41: Jud. 320: Ru. 6, ii: B. 1463: Gen. 2000. Add:
gener-stede
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An asylum Friðhús vel generstede asylum, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 2
hám-stede
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Add: ¶ the word occurs as a place-name in the charters, but in some of the following instances (e. g. vi. 35, 34) it is or may be a common noun, and in some perhaps to ham rather than to hám should the first part of the compound be referred On hámstedes
heáfod-stede
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hleów-stede
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Angl. viii. 451, 34. Add:
pleg-stede
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A play-place On ðone plægstede; and of ðan plægstede, C. D. vi. 244, 8