Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

hǽðen-scipe

  • noun [ masculine ]
Dictionary links
Grammar
hǽðen-scipe, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§611;
Heathenism, paganism
Show examples
  • 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
    • .
  • 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
    • .
  • 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
    • .
Etymology
[
Laym. hæðenescipe
]
Full form

Word-wheel

  • hǽðen-scipe, n.