häradshövding

Swedish

/ˈhæːradsˌhœvdɪŋ/

noun
Definitions
  • judge and chairman of a district court (häradsrätt), the highest public official in a härad (hundred) district of the Swedish countryside; in the 1971 Swedish judicial reform replaced by the title lagman, chairman of a tingsrätt

Etymology

Affix from Swedish härad + Swedish hövding.

Origin

Swedish

hövding

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