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hǽðen-gilda

  • noun [ masculine ]
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hǽðen-gilda, -gylda, an; m.
A heathen worshipper, heathen, an idolater
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  • Hé is gehiwod tó cristenum men, and is earm hǽðengylda

    he is in appearance a Christian, and is a miserable heathen,

      Homl. Th. i. 102, 16.
  • Se yldesta hǽðengylda

    the chief idolater,

      72, 9.
  • Se ofslóh ðæs hǽðengyldan sunú

    which slew the idolater's son,

    ii.
      294, 19.
  • Se ealdorman wolde ða hǽðengildan forbærnan

    the general then wanted to turn the idolaters,

      484, 8.
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