Ealh-stede

Selon le Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon :

alh-stede, eolh-stede, es;

ealh-stede

m. A protecting or sheltering place, city, temple; lŏcus qui præbet tūtēlam, arx, templum :-- In ðære wídan byrig, ealhstede eorla in the wide city, the sheltering place of men, Cd. 208; Th. 258, 11; Dan. 674. ealh-stede