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Old Gutnish
Etymology
Cognate with Old Norse heiðinn.
Adjective
haiþin
- heathen, non-Christian
- Antonym: kristin
c. 1220,
Guta lag 4:
- Engin má haita á hwatki á hult eþa hauga eþa haiþin guþ, hwatki á wí eþa staf-garþa.
- Nobody may in any way call upon groves or mounds, or heathen gods; nor in any way upon sanctuaries or enclosures.