hearthsteadn.
/ˈhɑːθstɛd/, U.S. /ˈhɑrθˌstɛd/ A place where a hearth is situated; a fireside. Hence in extended use: a homestead, a settled home.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [noun] > home > hearth or fire symbolic of
fireeOE
astre?a1500
hearthsteada1500
reek1542
reek house1542
hearth1585
smoke1605
home fire1611
fireside1613
ingle-side?a1750
foyer1908
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > hearth or fireplace
hearthOE
chimneya1330
easter1459
hearthsteada1500
smoke1605
fireplace1611
hearthing1612
focus1638
fire nook1683
firebox1825
a1500 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd. Ser. p. cxxi (note) Þe herthstede þat has bene all wynter browne & blake with þe smok.
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. x. 44 The village containeth about two or three hundred hearthsteds.
1662 W. Dugdale Hist. Imbanking & Drayning Fens xliii. 204 A right line on the outside of Nestilholme aforesaid, where the Harth stede is.
1834 R. Southey Doctor II. 17 The most sacred spot upon earth to him was his father's hearth-stead.
1851 G. Borrow Lavengro I. 180 Northmen..flocked thither across the sea to found hearthsteads on its fertile soil.
1911 Bull. Pan Amer. Union Oct. 740 The building is then partitioned off, and each family has its own furniture and hearthstead.
1997 World Lit. Today 71 370/2 Aunt Gênia's tall tales beguile the children into quaint fantasizing beyond their hearthstead.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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