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hǽðen-nes

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
hǽðen-nes, se; f.
Heathenism, paganism; gentilitas
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  • Ðá ongunnon monige hǽðennysse þeáw forlǽtan

    relicto gentilitatis ritu,

      Bd. 1, 26; S. 488, 12.
  • Hé tó hǽðennysse wæs gehwyrfed

    ad apostasiam conversus est,

      3, 30; S. 561, 39.
Etymology
[Laym. hæðenesse : Chauc. 'as wel in Cristendom as in hethenesse,' Prol. 49 : Piers P. ' al was hethenesse some tyme Ingelond and Wales, 15. 435.]
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  • hǽðen-nes, n.