heidan
See also: heidän
Old High German
Alternative forms
- heidin, heiden
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *haiþinaz, probably a specifically Christian use of the base of *haiþī (“uncultivated land”).[1]
Noun
heidan m
- a heathen, pagan
- ca. 825 ,Tatian, Diatessaron, John xii.20-26:
- Uuārun heidane sume fon thēn thie dār stigun thaȥ sie betōtīn in them itmālen tage.
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- ca. 825 ,Tatian, Diatessaron, John xii.20-26:
Adjective
heidan
- heathen, pagan
References
- Wright, Joseph. An Old High German Primer Second Edition, 159
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
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