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Meaning of Hedeby | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

An important Danish Viking Age (8th to the 11th centuries) trading settlement.

Equivalents

Deutsch Haithabu

Examples

“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).”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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See also

Hedeen Hedelfinger hedenbergite heder hedera hederacoside

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