- gyden
- f (-ne/-na) goddess [god] [occasional gen sing gydenan] [1st common variant]
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Guide — Guide, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Guided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Guiding}.] [OE. guiden, gyden, F. guiaer, It. guidare; prob. of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth. ritan to watch over, give heed to, Icel. viti signal, AS. witan to know. The word prob. meant, to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Guided — Guide Guide, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Guided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Guiding}.] [OE. guiden, gyden, F. guiaer, It. guidare; prob. of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth. ritan to watch over, give heed to, Icel. viti signal, AS. witan to know. The word prob. meant,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Guiding — Guide Guide, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Guided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Guiding}.] [OE. guiden, gyden, F. guiaer, It. guidare; prob. of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth. ritan to watch over, give heed to, Icel. viti signal, AS. witan to know. The word prob. meant,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
De Falsis Deis — De falsis deis, also known as ”Homily XII ” and ”On False Gods””, is one of the homilies written by Wulfstan II, Archbishop of York and was an expansion of part of one of Ælfric of Eynsham’s homilies. Both works also drew on the writing of Martin … Wikipedia
en — suffix 1. diminutive (neuter), as in mægden (from mægð); 2. to form feminines a. with mutation (gyden from god); b. without mutation (þéowen from þéow); 3. adjectival, with mutation, denoting material; 4. the ending of strong verbs, gecoren,… … Old to modern English dictionary
vixen — [15] The only Old English word on record for a ‘female fox’ is fyxe. Fixene first appears in the late Middle English period. It was formed using the suffix en, denoting ‘female’. This was once quite common – Old English had biren ‘female bear’,… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
vixen — (n.) O.E. *fyxen (implied in adjective fyxan), fem. of fox (see FOX (Cf. fox), and Cf. M.H.G. vühsinne, Ger. füchsin). Solitary English survival of the Germanic feminine suffix en, in (Cf. O.E. gyden goddess; mynecen nun, from munuc … Etymology dictionary
ĝhau-, ĝhau̯ǝ- — ĝhau , ĝhau̯ǝ English meaning: to call, *priestess, *goddess Deutsche Übersetzung: “rufen, anrufen” Material: O.Ind. hávate “ruft, ruft an, ruft herbei” (other Präsensbildungen in hváyati, huvé, hóma, juhūma si), pass. hūya te,… … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
gʷē̆ nā (*ĝhʷē̆nā) — gʷē̆ nā (*ĝhʷē̆nā) English meaning: woman, wife, *goddess Deutsche Übersetzung: “Weib, Frau” Grammatical information: gen. gʷn üs and *gʷen üs , also nom. gʷenǝ , gʷenī Note: Root gʷē̆ nü “ woman, wife, *goddess” could be… … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
vixen — [15] The only Old English word on record for a ‘female fox’ is fyxe. Fixene first appears in the late Middle English period. It was formed using the suffix en, denoting ‘female’. This was once quite common – Old English had biren ‘female bear’,… … Word origins
