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Hedeby

Hedeby proper noun: an important Danish Viking Age (8th to the 11th centuries) trading settlement.

Proper noun

Hedeby

  1. (historical) An important Danish Viking Age (8th to the 11th centuries) trading settlement.
    • Hedeby (the heath-settlement) was Scandinavia's most southerly mercantile center. It is situated at the inner part of the Schlei fjord south of the town Schleswig (by which it was succeeded in the mid-eleventh century when it was destroyed by fire).2004, Kirsten Wolf, Daily Life of the Vikings, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 32

Origin of Hedeby

From Danish Hedeby, from Old Norse Heiða-býr (literally “heath-settlement”).

Questions about Hedeby

What does Hedeby mean?
Hedeby means an important Danish Viking Age (8th to the 11th centuries) trading settlement.
What part of speech is Hedeby?
Hedeby is a proper noun.

Words near Hedeby in the dictionary

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

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