heidan

See also: heidän

Japanese

Romanization

heidan

1. Rōmaji transcription of へいだん

Old High German

Alternative forms

• heidin, heiden

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *haiþinaz, probably a specifically Christian use of the base of *haiþī (“uncultivated land”).

Noun

heidan m

1. 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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Adjective

heidan

1. heathen, pagan

References

1. Wright, Joseph. An Old High German Primer Second Edition, 159