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hǽðen-styrc

  • noun [ masculine ]
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hǽðen-styrc, es; m.
A heathen stirk, calf used in heathen worship, the golden calf made by the Israelites
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  • Hí on Choreb swylce cealf ongunnon him tó godegylde georne wyrcean; onwendan heora wuldor on ðæne wyrsan hád hǽðenstyrces hig etendes

    fecerunt vitulum in Choreb, et adoraverunt sculptile; et mutaverunt gloriam suam in similitudinem vituli comedentis fœnum,

      Ps. Th. 105, 17.
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  • hǽðen-styrc, n.