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ANGLO-SAXON DEITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Anglo-Saxon mythology) a deity worshipped by the Anglo-Saxons
Classified under:
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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