# Hedeby

> English word · Proper noun

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

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hedeby