heiðni
التعريفات والمعاني
== Icelandic ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈheiðnɪ/
Rhymes: -eiðnɪ
=== Noun ===
heiðni f (genitive singular heiðni, no plural)
Heathenry, paganism
==== Declension ====
== Old Norse ==
=== Etymology ===
heiðinn (“heathen, pagan”) + -i (“-ness”).
=== Noun ===
heiðni f (genitive heiðni)
paganism, heathenry
Antonym: kristni
a custom or practice pertaining to paganism
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
Richard Cleasby; Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874), “heiðni”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press