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hede

hede noun: rank; order; condition; quality.

Noun

hede (plural hedes)

  1. (obsolete) Rank; order; condition; quality.

Proper noun capitalized: Hede

Hede

  1. A settlement in Härjedalen municipality, Jämtland county, Sweden.

Forms of hede

pluralhedes

Origin of hede

From Middle English hede, from Old English *hǣdu, feminine form of Old English hād (“person, individual, character, individuality; degree, rank, order, office; condition, state, nature, form, manner; sex; race, family, tribe; choir”), from Proto-Germanic *haiduz (“appearance, kind”). Cognate with Middle High German heit (“person, order, rank”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍃 (haidus, “manner, way”). More at hade.

Questions about hede

What does hede mean?
Hede means rank; order; condition; quality.
What part of speech is hede?
Hede can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of hede?
The plural of hede is hedes.

Words near hede in the dictionary

  1. heddles
  2. heddling
  3. Heddon
  4. Heddon Greta
  5. Heddon-on-the-Wall
  6. hede
  7. Hedebo
  8. Hedeby
  9. Hedeen
  10. Hedeens
  11. Hedelfinger

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