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Tenheded

Defined in 1 dictionary — Cyclopedic (1922)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

or TIENHEOFED. A dean. TENHEVED (Saxon tienheofod, from tien, ten, and heofod, head).

In old English law. The head of a tithing, or decennary; a tithingman, chief pledge, head borough or borsholder. Spelman.