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here-strǽt

  • noun [ feminine ]
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here-strǽt, e; f.
A military road, one allowing the passage of an army, highway, high road
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  • Léton ðone hálgan be herestrǽte swefan on sibbe

    they left the saint sleeping in peace by the highway,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1662; An. 833.

  • Ðanan on herestrǽt

    thence to the high road

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    • Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 265, 30.
      • [Cf. óð ða wýdestrǽte, 32.]

  • Wegas syndon drýge herestrǽta

    the ways [through the Red Sea] are dry, the roads for the host,

    • Cd. 157; Th. 195, 29; Exod. 284.

  • Ne mé herestrǽta ofer cald wæter cúþe sindon

    nor are the highways over the cold water known to me,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 400; An. 200.

  • Gegier ðæt ðíne willas iernan bí herestrǽtum

    in plateis aquas divide,

    • Past. 48, 6; Swt. 373, 6.

  • Æfter cyninga herestrǽtum

    along king's highways,

    • 373, 18.

  • Ic hí ádilgode swá swá wind déþ dust on herestrǽtum

    ut lutum platearum delebo eos,

    • Ps. Th. 17, 40.

  • Omnes herestrete

    omnino regis sunt,

    • L. H. 10, 2; Th. i. 519, 11.
  • [O. Frs. hiri-strete: O. H. Ger. heri-stráza via publica.] Cf. here-paþ, -weg.
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v.  fird-strǽt.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “here-strǽt.” 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/18914.

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