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English citations of afgod
- 1769, letter attributed to Thomas Chatterton, The Town and Country Magazine, Or, Universal Repository of Knowledge, Instruction, and Entertainment, page 243:
- [Letter "To the Printer of the Town and Country Magazine"]
Sir, Herewith I send you some curious Saxon atchievements; [...] b. A shield, aadod; and were little round cakes of green wheat offered to the Afgod, or lesser idol of the Saxons; shield, or; charge, vert. [...] f. A shield afgodod, charged with an afgod, and baso aadod. The afgod was an image like a dragon, as in the cut, placed at the feet of Woden : it was the ancient arms of Wessex, which has been often falsely blazoned a griffin, sergeant. [...] Bristol, May 15, 1769. I remain, Sir, Your humble servant, D. B.
- 1842, Thomas Chatterton, The Poetical Works: With Notices of His Life, History of the Rowley Controversy, a Selection of His Letters, and Notes Critical and Explanatory:
- 7 Ocyre, &c., or Promeise, and in Saxon, was little green cakes offered to the afgods or idols.
- 1857(?), Thomas Chatterton, The Poetical Works of Thomas Chatterton with Notices of His Life: A History of the Rowley Controversy, falsely passed off as a 1469 work by T. Rowlie, The Ryse:
- Hengeste bare an asce ahreed bie an afgod. Horsa, an horse sauleaunte, whych eftsoones hys broder eke bore. Cerdyke, a sheld adryfene.