hǽðen-scipe
- noun [ masculine ]
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Wé, forbeódaþ eornostlíce ǽlcne hǽðenscipe. Hǽðenscipe biþ ðæt man ídola weorðige ðæt is ðæt man weorðige hǽðene godas and sunnan oððe mónan fýr oððe flód wæter-wyllas oððe stánas
we earnestly forbid all heathenism : heathenism is to worship idols, that is to worship heathen gods, and sun or moon, fire or water, springs or stones,
- L. C. S. 5 ;
- Th. i. 378, 17, 20 .
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Ðæt ys mycel hǽðenscype
id magnus est paganismus,
- L. Ecg. P. 4, 20 ;
- Th. ii. 210, 19 :
- L. N. P. L. 48 ;
- Th. ii. 296, 27 :
- Chr. 634 ;
- Erl. 25, 31 .
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Ða tungelwítegan ðe wǽron on hǽðenscipe wunigende hæfdon getácnunge ealles hǽðenes folces
the astrologers, who were yet heathens, betokened all heathen people,
- Homl. Th. i. 106, 9 :
- 70, 25, 28 .
Bosworth, Joseph. “hǽðen-scipe.” 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/17984.
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