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Definition of Anglo-saxon deity
1. Noun. (Anglo-Saxon mythology) a deity worshipped by the Anglo-Saxons.
Category relationships: Mythology, Anglo-saxon
Generic synonyms: Deity, Divinity, God, Immortal
Specialized synonyms: Tiu, Wodan, Woden
Specialized synonyms: Weird, Wyrd
Generic synonyms: Deity, Divinity, God, Immortal
Specialized synonyms: Tiu, Wodan, Woden
Specialized synonyms: Weird, Wyrd
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anglo-saxon Deity
Literary usage of Anglo-saxon deity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Words and Places: Or, Etymological Illustrations of History, Ethnology, and by Isaac Taylor (1873)
"... suffix, 106 woda, 330 wold, 91, 329 Woden, Anglo-Saxon deity, his great
popularity, evinced by local names, 218 Wolf, The, places in England named from, ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1868)
"One of their four great roads was called Ermine Street— ori as it is also written,
Ermen, from the Anglo-Saxon deity ..."
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