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hǽðen

  • noun [ masculine ]
  • adjective
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Grammar
hǽðen, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§288; §302; §431;
HEATHEN, pagan, gentile; and subst. a heathen
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  • Twá folc ðæt is Iudéisc and hǽðen

    two peoples, that is Jew and gentile,

    • Homl. Th. i. 206, 32
      • .

  • Ðes wæs hǽðen

    hic erat samaritanus,

    • Lk. Skt. Rush. 17, 16
      • .

  • Gif ungefullod cild fǽrlíce biþ gebroht tó ðam mæssepreóste hé hit mót fullian sóna ðæt hit ne swelte hǽðen

    if an unbaptized child be brought to the mass-priest suddenly, he must baptize it at once, that it die not heathen,

    • L. Ælfc. 26
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 352, 17
      • :
    • L. M. I. P. 42
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 276, 15
      • .

  • Hér sæt hǽðen here on Tenet

    in this year a heathen [Danish] army sat in Thanet,

    • Chr. 865
      • ;
    • Erl. 70, 31
      • .

  • Óð ðone hǽðenan byrgels

    up to the heathen tomb

    ,
    • Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 250, 13
      • .
    (The same phrase often occurs in the charters in the descriptions of boundaries.)

  • Se hæfde wununge on hǽðenum byrgenum

    he had his dwelling among the tombs,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 378, 26
      • .

  • Hér hǽðne men ǽrest ofer winter sǽtun

    in this year heathen [Danish] men first remained through the winter,

    • Chr. 855
      • ;
    • Erl. 68, 23 : 851
      • ;
    • Erl. 66, 26
      • .

  • Bachsecg and Halfdene ða hǽðenan cyningas

    Bachsecg and Halfdene the heathen kings,

    • 871
      • ;
    • Erl. 74, 17
      • .

  • Ða ealdan Rómání on hǽðenum dagum ongunnon ðæs geáres ymbryne on ðysum dæge

    the old Romans, in heathen days, began the circuit of the year on this day,

    • Homl.Th. i. 98, 20
      • .
  • Used substantively :--

    Ðæt hé forgeáfe gódne willan ðam seócan hǽðenan

    that he would grant good will to the sick heathen,

    • ii. 24, 33
      • .

  • Sume ða hǽðenan

    some of the heathens,

    • i. 562, 28
      • :
    • 560, 8
      • .

  • Ða hǽðenan on Norþhymbrum hergodon

    the heathens harried in Northumbria,

    • Chr. 794
      • ;
    • Erl. 39, 19
      • .

  • Ðyssera hǽðenra fǽrlícan deáþ

    sudden death from these heathens,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 494, 31
      • .

  • Hǽðinra

    gentium,

    • Lk. Skt. Lind. 21, 25
      • .

  • Hǽðenra þeównéd

    thraldom under the heathen

    ,
    • Cd. 189
      • ;
    • Th. 235, 17
      • ;
    • Dan. 307

  • Hé hí on handgeweald hǽðenum sealde

    tradidit eos in manus gentium,

    • Ps. Th. 105, 30
      • .

  • Hie férdon ongeán ðǽm héðnum

    they marched against the heathens,

    • Blickl. Homl. 203, 3
      • .
Etymology
[Cf.
Goth. haiþno; f. a heathen, gentile woman
:
O. Sax. héðin
:
O. Frs. héthen
:
Icel. heiðinn
:
O. H. Ger. heidan ethnicus, gentilis, paganus, samaritanus
:
Ger. heide a heathen
.]
Similar entries
v. Grmm. D. M. 1198.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hǽðen.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/17973.

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