Hǽðen-gilda

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - hǽðen-gilda

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-gylda, an;

hǽðen-gilda
m. A heathen worshipper, heathen, an idolater :-- Hé is gehiwod tó cristenum men, and is earm hǽðengylda he is in appearance a Christian, and is a miserable heathen, Homl. Th. i. 102, 16. Se yldesta hǽðengylda the chief idolater, 72, 9. Se ofslóh ðæs hǽðengyldan sunú which slew the idolater's son, ii. 294, 19. Se ealdorman wolde ða hǽðengildan forbærnan the general then wanted to turn the idolaters, 484, 8.

Related words: gilda. hæþen-gilda,hæðen-gilda

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