1 heiðingi
a, m. [heiðinn], a heathen, gentile, Ó. H., Nj., Bs. (Kristni S.) passim.
2 heiðingi
II. poët. a wolf, either metaph. from heiðingi, or from heiðr, a heath, one who lives on heaths and wildernesses, Edda (Gl.), Akv. 8; it occurs besides twice or thrice in poems of the time of king Harald Harðráði, 11th century.