hethen

From Old English hǣþen, from Proto-Germanic *haiþinaz; possibly equivalent to heeth +‎ -en (pertaining to).

• heðene, hæðen, hæðene, haythen, hæþenn, heþen, heþene, hathen, hethyn, heþyn

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛːðən/

hethen

2. heathen, pagan; of those who are not Christian

Jews are sometimes considered to be hethen, but sometimes are not considered to be such.

• haithen-hede
• hæðene-scipe
• hæthendom
• hethenli
• hethenesse

• English: heathen
• Scots: haithen

• “hēthen, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 April 2018.

hethen

2. heathen, pagan; those who are not Christian

• English: heathen
• Scots: haithen

• “hēthen, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 April 2018.

Borrowed from Old Norse héðan.

• heðen, heþen, heþenn, ethen, heythen, hethin, hiþen, heþin, heiþen, hithen

• IPA^(key): /ˈheːðən/, /ˈhɛːðən/

hethen

1. away, outwards, not here (referring to movement)
2. away, far off, not around (referring to location)
3. Outside or away from this world or realm.
4. Starting or beginning from this time; from now.

• hethens
• hethen-ward

• English: hethen (obsolete)

• “hēthen, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 April 2018.