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Dele passages from Num. 25, 2: 31, 16, in l. 10 for 454 read 456, and add:
idolatry
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  • Swutele synd þæs flǽsces weorc . . . hǽðengild

    manifesta swnt opera carnis . . . idolorum servitus

    (Gal.
      5, 20), Hml. S. 17, 25.
  • Hý fulwihte onféngon and wǽron blíðran tó ðám deáðe þonne hý hér on hǽðengilde lifden,

      Shrn. 142, 13.
  • Nis nánum crístenum menn álýfed þæt hé his hǽle gefecce æt nánum stáne . . . sé ðe elles déð, hé begǽð untwýlíce hǽðengild,

      Hml. Th. i. 474, 33.
  • On þǽre óþerre ylde man árǽrde hǽðengild wíde geond þás woruld, Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 15: Jul. 15. I a.

    a particular form of idolatry :-- Tó manega of þám folce . . . tó þám hǽðengilde bugon fliae Moab vocaverunt eos ad sacrificia sua. At illi comederunt et adoraverunt deos earum, Num. 25, 2: 31, 16. I b. idolatrous worship, an idolatrous rite or practice :-- Se mánfulla wolde his hǽþengild habban (celebrate his idolatrous worship, )

      Hml. S. 28, 26.
  • Hí léton him betweónum tán wísian . . . hluton hellcræftum hǽðengildum (

    with idolatrous rites

    ) teledon betwínum,
      An. 1104.
an idol. Cf. deófol-gild;
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  • Þá þe hǽðengildum þeówiað

    idolis servientes,

      Hml. S. 17, 39.
  • Bartholaméus þá hǽðengild hýran ne wolde, wíg weorðian (cf. Hwí tówurpe ðú (

    St. Bartholomew

    ) úre godas?,
      Hml. Th. i. 468, 16), Ap. 47.
  • Oft hé hǽðengield ofer word Godes weóh gesóhte,

      Jul. 22.
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