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name
A settlement in Härjedalen municipality, Jämtland county, Sweden.
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noun
Rank; order; condition; quality.
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Usage: obsolete
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History
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.
