hæþendom

Old English

Alternative forms

• hǣðendōm — edh spelling

Etymology

From hǣþen +‎ -dōm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxæː.θenˌdoːm/, [ˈhæː.ðenˌdoːm]

Noun

hǣþendōm m

1. heathendom, paganism, the belief and practices of heathen people

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	hǣþendōm	hǣþendōmas
accusative	hǣþendōm	hǣþendōmas
genitive	hǣþendōmes	hǣþendōma
dative	hǣþendōme	hǣþendōmum

Descendants

• Middle English: hæthendom
  • English: heathendom

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hǽðendóm”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.