heidan

== Japanese == === Romanization === heidan Rōmaji transcription of へいだん == Old High German == === Alternative forms === heidin, heiden === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *haiþīn, from Proto-Germanic *haiþīnaz, probably a specifically Christian use of the base of *haiþī (“uncultivated land”). === Noun === heidan m a heathen, pagan ca. 825 ,Tatian, Diatessaron, John xii.20-26: === Adjective === heidan heathen, pagan === References === Wright, Joseph. An Old High German Primer Second Edition, 159