Heáh-stede

Old English Dictionary Entry

Heáh-stede

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 heáh-stede

m. A high place :-- Ðenden ðǽr wunaþ on heáhstede húsa sélest whilst there in its lofty place the best of houses continues, Beo. Th. 575; B. 285. [Icel. há-staðr a high place.] heah-stede

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛖᚪᚻ-ᛋᛏᛖᛞᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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