Obs. [OE. f. af, æf off, away + GOD; cogn. w. ON. afguð, OHG. apcot, mod.G. abgott; cf. Goth. afguþs impious, afgudei impiety.] The Old English word for idol or false god.
1793. Gent. Mag., XI. 1189. The figure on the stone was not intended to represent a griffin, but an Afgod. The Afgod was an image like a dragon placed at the feet of Woden.
