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mæðel-stede

  • noun [ masculine ]
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mæðel-stede, es; m.
A place of assembly, place where a meeting is held (cf. þing-stede)
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  • Tó ðam meðelstede manige cómon snottere selerǽdend,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1315
    • ;
    • An. 658: 1393
    • ;
    • An. 697.
  • Swá him Offa ǽr ásǽde on ðam meðelstede ðá hé gemót hæfde,

    • Byrht. Th. 137, 40
    • ;
    • By. 199.
  • Is eów rǽdes þearf on meðelstede (in the queen's palace ), módes snyttro,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1104
    • ;
    • El. 554: Cd. 179
    • ;
    • Th. 224, 33
    • ;
    • Dan. 145.
  • Tó ðam meðelstede (

    Mount Moriah

    ),
    • 162
    • ;
    • Th. 203, 1
    • ;
    • Exod. 397.
  • On ðam meðelstede (

    the place of the last judgment

    ),
    • 169
    • ;
    • Th. 212, 20
    • ;
    • Exod. 542.
a place of hostile meeting, a battle-place
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  • Hé ne meahte on ðæm meðelstede wið Hengeste wiht gefeohtan,

    • Beo. Th. 2169
    • ;
    • B. 1082.
Etymology
[Cf.
O. H. Ger. mahal-stat curia.
]
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  • mæðel-stede, n.