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Anglo-Saxon deity

Anglo-Saxon deity

9.9
A god or goddess that Anglo-Saxon people worship
  • noun
  • /ˈæŋɡloʊˈsæksən ˈdiːəti/
  • Literature
translation icon : deidad anglosajona
  • The Anglo-Saxon deity Tiw was associated with war.

Examples

  • Few written records survive describing how the Anglo-Saxon deity Woden was worshipped.

  • Many Anglo-Saxon deities were associated with nature and fertility.

  • Many ancient rituals were performed in honor of an Anglo-Saxon deity believed to control the harvest.

  • The mythology course covered the characteristics of each Anglo-Saxon deity in detail.

  • Many ancient rituals were performed in honor of an Anglo-Saxon deity believed to control the harvest.

  • Few written records survive describing how the Anglo-Saxon deity Woden was worshipped.

  • The mythology course covered the characteristics of each Anglo-Saxon deity in detail.

Synonyms

deity
vsAnglo-Saxon deity
62 7.4

A god or goddess that people worship and think has power over part of the world

is used for beings in a specific historical community rather than for any culture
god
vsAnglo-Saxon deity
55 3.0

An object or image that people worship and treat as having power

is about a divine person in a specific historical community rather than an object

Surface Forms

Anglo-Saxon deity singular
Anglo-Saxon deities plural

Morphology

Anglo-Saxon + deity

The meaning 'a god or goddess worshipped by the Anglo-Saxons' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'Anglo-Saxon' (relating to the Anglo‑Saxon people) with 'deity' (a worshipped god or goddess). This adjectival + noun composition follows normal English noun-phrase semantics and is cross-linguistically regular, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.

Etymology

Anglo-Saxon deity names a god worshipped by the early English people called the Anglo-Saxons. Picture villagers offering their harvest to a god like Woden. The word Anglo-Saxon points to the people and deity means 'god', so the phrase means a god those people once worshipped.