hæþendom
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Old English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- hǣðendōm — edh spelling
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hǣþendōm m
- heathendom, paganism, the belief and practices of heathen people
Declension[edit]
Declension of hæþendom (strong a-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | hǣþendōm | hǣþendōmas |
accusative | hǣþendōm | hǣþendōmas |
genitive | hǣþendōmes | hǣþendōma |
dative | hǣþendōme | hǣþendōmum |
Descendants[edit]
- Middle English: hæthendom
- English: heathendom
References[edit]
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hǽðendóm”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.