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  • Hǽðennesse

    gentilitatis,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 30.

  • Hé frægn hwæþer þá ylcan landleóde crístene wǽron þe hí þá gýt on hǽþennesse gedwolum lifdan (an paganis adhuc erroribus essent implicati),

      Bd. 2, 1; Sch. 109, 19.

  • Hé monige wæs gecígende fram hǽþenesse (hǽðennesse, v. l.) and fram gedwolan heora lífes

    multos ab errore reuocans,

      5, 11; Sch. 611, 5.
people among whom (or district in which) heathenism prevails:
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  • Wit begétan ðás béc æt haeðnum herge mid uncre claene feó. And ðæt wit deodan . . . for ðon ðe wit nolðan ðæt ðás hálgan beoc lencg in ðǽre haeðenesse wunoden,

      Txts. 175, 4-7.
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[v. N. E. D. heathenesse.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hǽþen-nes.” 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/51586.

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