*haiþinaz^²

Runic: ᚺᚨᛁᚦᛁᚾᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈxɑi̯.θi.nɑz/

adjective · a-stem

Meanings

from or of uncultivated land

Etymology

From *haiþī (‘heath; untilled land’) + *-īnaz (‘made of; having the characteristics of’). Originally presumed to be of Christian origin, however the word is attested by Ptolemy long before Christianity had spread among the Germanic peoples.

Declension

Strong declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	haiþinaz	haiþinō	haiþiną, -at, -atō	haiþinai	haiþinôz	haiþinō
Acc.	haiþinanǭ	haiþinǭ	haiþiną, -at, -atō	haiþinanz	haiþinōz	haiþinō
Gen.	haiþinas, haiþinis	haiþinaizōz	haiþinas, haiþinis	haiþinaizǫ̂	haiþinaizǫ̂	haiþinaizǫ̂
Dat.	haiþinammai	haiþinaizōi	haiþinammai	haiþinaimaz	haiþinaimaz	haiþinaimaz
Inst.	haiþinanō	haiþinaizō	haiþinanō	haiþinaimiz	haiþinaimiz	haiþinaimiz

Weak declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	haiþinô	haiþinǭ	haiþinô	haiþinaniz	haiþinōniz	haiþinōnō
Acc.	haiþinanų	haiþinōnų	haiþinô	haiþinanunz	haiþinōnunz	haiþinōnō
Gen.	haiþininiz	haiþinōniz	haiþininiz	haiþinanǫ̂	haiþinōnǫ̂	haiþinanǫ̂
Dat.	haiþinini	haiþinōni	haiþinini	haiþinammaz	haiþinōmaz	haiþinammaz
Inst.	haiþininē	haiþinōnē	haiþininē	haiþinammiz	haiþinōmiz	haiþinammiz

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Descendants

*haiþin (Proto-West Germanic)
- hǣþen, hǣðen (Old English)
  - hethen (Middle English)
    - heathen (English)
    - haithen (Scots)
heiðinn (Old Norse)
- heiðinn (Icelandic)
heiðinn (Old Norse)
- hedensk (Danish)
  - hedensk (Norwegian Bokmål)
heiðinn (Old Norse)
- heþin (Old Swedish)
  - heden (Swedish)

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