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hǽðen-scipe

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
hǽðen-scipe, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§611;
Heathenism, paganism
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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.

  • 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 ]
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Citation

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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  • hǽðen-scipe, n.

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