hæðen
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hǽþen
. Add; -- Hǽþene geneliatici. Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 53. A. as adj. (but sometimes where used predicatively might belong to B. ) I. referring to times covered by Old and New Testaments. (1) of persons, (a) not believing in Jehovah, not of the Jewish religion :-- Giethro, ðeáh hé hǽðen and elðiódig wǽre, Past. 130, 12. Hǽðen heriges wísa (Nebuchadnezzar), Dan. 203. Þ̵ wíf wæs hǽðen Sirofénisces cynnes erat mulier gentilis Syrophoenissa genere, Mk. (W. S. , L. , R. ) 7, 26. Hǽðenes heaðorinces (Holofernes') heáfod, Jud.
