† payemen.adj.
Obsolete.
A. n.
= payen n.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > paganism > [noun] > person
heathenc1000
Saracenc1250
payenc1275
paynimc1300
wanbody1303
payemec1330
idolaterc1380
gentilea1382
idolasterc1386
miscreantc1400
mammeter?a1425
paganc1440
infidel1470
ethnic?a1475
image server1531
serve-image1531
heathenista1556
image-worshipper1563
Kaffir1577
giaour1589
Baalista1603
idolant1605
idolatress1613
idolist1614
idololatera1641
iconolater1654
Baalite1656
iconodulist1716
irreligionista1779
neopagan1868
iconodule1893
witch1958
c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 5227 (MED) So he smot in al þat route, Þat grete hepes him lay about Of mani paiem miscreaunt.
c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 5982 (MED) Þe misbileueand paiem starf, A boþe half his hors he hing.
B. adj.
= payen adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > paganism > [adjective]
heathenishc893
heathen971
misbelievedc1225
Barbarya1300
payenc1300
miscreantc1330
paynimc1330
uncircumcideda1382
uncircumciseda1400
gentilec1400
heathenly1415
paganismc1425
profanec1450
pagan1464
ethnical?a1475
payemec1480
miscredentc1500
heathenish1535
whorish1535
ethnic1542
ethnish1542
idolous1546
mammetrous1546
gentilish1550
idolatrous?1550
idololatrical1550
infidel1551
idolatrical1556
gentilical1573
paganical?1573
idolish1577
heatheny1580
irreligious1585
paganish1589
gentilic1603
idolaster1608
gentilitious1613
heathenous1613
idolatrizing1614
image-worshipping1621
misreligious1623
Mahounda1625
gentilizing1637
idololatrousa1641
infidelious1648
Baalitical1652
national1661
idolatric1669
paganic1676
gentilized1684
Baalish1690
idololatrica1711
infidelical1802
semi-fidel1834
Greekish1851
paganistic1853
unselect1882
goyish1888
c1480 (a1400) St. Machor 877 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 26 A man þat..was payeme & richt crafty.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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