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heáfod-burh

  • noun [ feminine ]
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heáfod-burh, gen. -burge; f.
Chief town, capital, metropolis
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  • Forgeaf him wununge on Cantwarebyrig, seó wæs ealles his ríces heáfodburh

    he gave him a dwelling in Canterbury, that was the chief town of all his kingdom,

      Homl. Th. ii. 128, 31.
  • Hí becómon æt néxtan tó ánre heáfod-byrig Suanir geháten

    they arrived at last at a chief town called Suanir,

      494, 2.
  • Cartaina heora heáfodburh

    Carthage their principal city,

      Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 84, 29.
Etymology
[Orm. Ȝerrsalam wass hæfeddburrh off Issraeless riche: Icel. höfuð-borg metropolis: O. H. Ger. houpit-purch.]
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