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hǽðen-dóm

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
hǽðen-dóm, es; m.
Heathendom, paganism
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  • Hí gecwǽdon ðæt hí ǽnne God lufian woldon and ǽlcne hǽðendóm georne áweorpan

    they agreed that they would love one God and zealously put away every kind of heathendom,

    • L. E. G. pref
      • ;
    • Th. i. 166, 12
      • .

  • Wé lǽraþ ðæt preósta gehwilc cristendóm geornlíce árǽre and ǽlcne hǽðendóm mid ealle ádwæsce

    we enjoin that every priest zealously promote Christianity, and totally extinguish every kind of paganism,

    • L. Edg. C. 16
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 248, 2
      • :
    • Cd. 183
      • ;
    • Th. 229, 23
      • ;
    • Dan. 221
      • .
Etymology
[
Orm. hæþenndom 'and tatt [the death of the soul with the body] iss mikell hæþenndom to lefenn and to trowenn:'
Icel. heiðin-dómr
:
O. H. Ger. heidan-tuom
:
Ger. heidenthum
.]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hǽðen-dóm.” 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/17977.

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