حتد1 حَتَدَ بِمَكَانٍ, aor. ـِ (S, L, K,) inf. n. حَتْدٌ, (L,) He remained, stayed, abode, or dwelt, in a place, (S, L, K,) and became fixed, or settled. (S, L.) A2:  حَتِدَ, aor. ـَ (L, K,) inf. n. حَتَدٌ, (L,) It (anything, L, K) was pure, (L,) or pure in origin. (K.) 2 حتّدهُ, inf. n. تَحْتِيدٌ, He chose it for its purity and excellence. (K.) حَتِدٌ Anything (L, K) pure, (L,) or pure in origin. (K.) مَحِْتدٌ Origin; syn. أَصْلٌ; (IAar, S, L, K;) app. in respect of race, or lineage, only, as several of the lexicologists have expressly asserted; (MF;) as also مَحْفِدٌ (S, L) and مَحْقِدٌ and مَحْكِدٌ: (IAar, L:) pl. مَحَاتِدُ. (A.) You say, فُلَانٌ مِنْ مَحْتِدِ صِدْقٍ, (S,) or فِى مَحْتِدِ صِدْقٍ, (A,) [Such a one is of a good, or an excellent, origin.] and هُوَ كَرِيمُ المَحْتِدِ [He is generous in respect of origin]. (A, L.) b2:  Also Nature; natural, or native, disposition, temper, or the like. (L, K.) You say, of a man who has done an act of kindness and reverted from it, رَجَعَ إِلَى مَحْتِدِهِ He returned to his natural disposition. (L.)