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hǽðen-dóm

  • noun [ masculine ]
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hǽðen-dóm, es; m.
Heathendom, paganism
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  • Hí gecwǽdon ðæt hí ǽnne God lufian woldon and ǽlcne hǽðendóm georne áweorpan

    they agreed that they would love one God and zealously put away every kind of heathendom,

      L. E. G. pref; Th. i. 166, 12.
  • Wé lǽraþ ðæt preósta gehwilc cristendóm geornlíce árǽre and ǽlcne hǽðendóm mid ealle ádwæsce

    we enjoin that every priest zealously promote Christianity, and totally extinguish every kind of paganism,

      L. Edg. C. 16; Th. ii. 248, 2 : Cd. 183; Th. 229, 23; Dan. 221.
Etymology
[Orm. hæþenndom 'and tatt [the death of the soul with the body] iss mikell hæþenndom to lefenn and to trowenn:' Icel. heiðin-dómr : O. H. Ger. heidan-tuom : Ger. heidenthum.]
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  • hǽðen-dóm, n.