heidan
See also: heidän
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Romanization edit
heidan
Old High German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *haiþinaz, probably a specifically Christian use of the base of *haiþī (“uncultivated land”).[1]
Noun edit
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 edit
heidan
- heathen, pagan
References edit
- Wright, Joseph. An Old High German Primer Second Edition, 159
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.