hæðen
Middle English
Old English
Adjective
hǣðen
- heathen, pagan
- c. 1021, Wulfstan, Winchester Code of Cnut, article 5.1:
- Hǣðensċipe biþ þæt man dēofolġield weorðiġe, þæt is þæt man weorðiġe hǣðenu godu and sunnan oþþe mōnan, fȳr oþþe flōd, wæterwiellas oþþe stānas oþþe ǣniġes cynnes wudutreowu, oþþe wiċċecræft lufiġe oþþe morðweorc ġefremme on ǣniġe wīsan, oþþe on blōte oþþe frihte, oþþe swelcra gedwimera ǣniġ þing drēoge.
- Worshiping idols is a kind of paganism, whether one worships heathen gods and the sun or the moon, or fire or flood, or wells or stones or any kind of forest trees, or if one loves witchcraft or commits murder in any way, either by sacrifice or by divination, or takes any part in similar delusions.
Declension
Declension of hǣðen — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | hǣðen | hǣðenu, hǣðnu, hǣðeno, hǣðno | hǣðen |
| Accusative | hǣðenne | hǣðene, hǣðne | hǣðen |
| Genitive | hǣðenes, hǣðnes | hǣðenre | hǣðenes, hǣðnes |
| Dative | hǣðenum, hǣðnum | hǣðenre | hǣðenum, hǣðnum |
| Instrumental | hǣðene, hǣðne | hǣðenre | hǣðene, hǣðne |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | hǣðene, hǣðne | hǣðena, hǣðna, hǣðene, hǣðne | hǣðenu, hǣðnu, hǣðeno, hǣðno |
| Accusative | hǣðene, hǣðne | hǣðena, hǣðna, hǣðene, hǣðne | hǣðenu, hǣðnu, hǣðeno, hǣðno |
| Genitive | hǣðenra | hǣðenra | hǣðenra |
| Dative | hǣðenum, hǣðnum | hǣðenum, hǣðnum | hǣðenum, hǣðnum |
| Instrumental | hǣðenum, hǣðnum | hǣðenum, hǣðnum | hǣðenum, hǣðnum |
Declension of hǣðen — Weak
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | hǣðena, hǣðna | hǣðene, hǣðne | hǣðene, hǣðne |
| Accusative | hǣðenan, hǣðnan | hǣðenan, hǣðnan | hǣðene, hǣðne |
| Genitive | hǣðenan, hǣðnan | hǣðenan, hǣðnan | hǣðenan, hǣðnan |
| Dative | hǣðenan, hǣðnan | hǣðenan, hǣðnan | hǣðenan, hǣðnan |
| Instrumental | hǣðenan, hǣðnan | hǣðenan, hǣðnan | hǣðenan, hǣðnan |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | hǣðenan, hǣðnan | hǣðenan, hǣðnan | hǣðenan, hǣðnan |
| Accusative | hǣðenan, hǣðnan | hǣðenan, hǣðnan | hǣðenan, hǣðnan |
| Genitive | hǣðenra, hǣðenena, hǣðnena | hǣðenra, hǣðenena, hǣðnena | hǣðenra, hǣðenena, hǣðnena |
| Dative | hǣðenum, hǣðnum | hǣðenum, hǣðnum | hǣðenum, hǣðnum |
| Instrumental | hǣðenum, hǣðnum | hǣðenum, hǣðnum | hǣðenum, hǣðnum |
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