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hǽðen-gild

  • noun [ neuter ]
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hǽðen-gild, -gield, -gyld, es; n.
Heathen worship, idolatry; also an idol
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  • Ðis hǽðengyld deófles biggeng is

    this idolatry is worship of the devil,

    • Homl. Th. i. 72, 4
      • .

  • Hǽðengield,

    • Exon. 66 a
      • ;
    • Th. 243, 23
      • ;
    • Jul. 15
      • .

  • Tó ðam hǽðengilde bugon

    they turned to the idol [Baal-peor],

    • Num. 25, 2
      • :
    • 31, 16
      • .

  • Hé bæd hig georne ðæt hig búgan ne sceoldon fram Godes bigengum tó ðam bysmorfullum hǽðengilde

    he prayed them earnestly not to turn from the worship of God to degrading idolatry,

    • Jos. 23, 7
      • .

  • Iulianus ðá ongann tó lufigenne hǽðengyld

    Julian then began to love idolatry,

    • Homl. Th. i. 448, 30
      • .

  • Ealle ða hǽðengyld ðe ðás Indiscan wurðiaþ

    all the idols that these Indians worship,

    • 454, 14
      • .

  • Hǽðengield,

    • Exon. 66 a
      • ;
    • Th. 244, 4
      • ;
    • Jul. 22
      • .
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v. gild.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hǽðen-gild.” 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/17979.

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