Æf-gydel (?)

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - æf-gydel (?)

According to the Old English Dictionary:

æf-gydel (?)
adj. Idolatrous, superstitious :-- Īdelum l feóndlicum æfgidelum (-gildum?; the ide is not clear; also An. Ox. 3933 (v. æf-gælþ), where the same passage is glossed, and see note there superstitiosa, Hpt. Gl. 498, 77. [Cf. O. H. Ger. ab-got idolum.] æf-gydel

Related words: Angl. vi. :oi: cf.

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