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ANGLO-SAXON DEITY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(Anglo-Saxon mythology) a deity worshipped by the Anglo-Saxons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Anglo-Saxon deity" is a kind of...):

deity; divinity; god; immortal (any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force)

Domain category:

mythology (myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person)

Anglo-Saxon (a native or inhabitant of England prior to the Norman Conquest)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Anglo-Saxon deity"):

Weird; Wyrd (fate personified; any one of the three Weird Sisters)

Instance hyponyms:

Tiu (god of war and sky; counterpart of Norse Tyr)

Wodan; Woden (chief god; counterpart of Norse Odin and Teutonic Wotan)

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