God-gild

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - god-gild

According to the Old English Dictionary:

god-gild
Add: a rite or practice of a heathen religion :-- Godgildum ceremoniis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 65: Lupercalibus, 50, 40. Se déma stód æt his godgyldum and deóflum onsægdnesse bær judex aris adsistebat, ac daemonibus hostias offerebat, Bd. 1, 7; Sch. 21, 1. Hé heora godgieldum eallum wiðsóc and hié æfter þǽm mid ealle tówearp cunctam Aegypti religionem abominatus, ceremonias ejus et templa deposuit, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 78, 4. god-gild
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