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deofol
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déofol — m (déofles/déoflas) 1. the devil; 2. a devil, an evil spirit, demon; 2a. of demoniacal possession; 2b. a devil as object of worship, false god; 3. applied to a human being; (1) a wicked person; (2) as a term of abuse or contempt; diabolical… … Old to modern English dictionary
devil — deofol … English to the Old English
Devil — This is an overview of the Devil. For more specific versions, see Devil in Christianity and Devil in Islam. For other uses, see Devil (disambiguation) … Wikipedia
De Falsis Deis — De falsis deis, also known as ”Homily XII ” and ”On False Gods””, is one of the homilies written by Wulfstan II, Archbishop of York and was an expansion of part of one of Ælfric of Eynsham’s homilies. Both works also drew on the writing of Martin … Wikipedia
devil — I. noun Etymology: Middle English devel, from Old English dēofol, from Late Latin diabolus, from Greek diabolos, literally, slanderer, from diaballein to throw across, slander, from dia + ballein to throw; probably akin to Sanskrit gurate he… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Satan — This article is about the concept of Satan. For the concept of devil , see Devil. For other uses, see Satan (disambiguation). Gustave Doré, Depiction of Satan, the antagonist of John Milton s Paradise Lost c.1866. Satan (Hebrew: הַשָׂטָן ha… … Wikipedia
Thor — Vermutliche Figur des Thor, Bronzeguss ca. 1000 n. Chr., im Isländischen Nationalmuseum. Nahe Akureyri (Island) gefunden. Thor im Norden oder Donar bei den kontinentalen germanischen Völkern ist „der Donnerer“ (Nomina Agentis), ursprünglich als… … Deutsch Wikipedia
devil — /dev euhl/, n., v., deviled, deviling or (esp. Brit.) devilled, devilling. n. 1. Theol. a. (sometimes cap.) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. b. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily… … Universalium
cund — adj suffix denoting derivation, origin, or likeness; deofolcund, godcund see cynd … Old to modern English dictionary
déofel- — see déofol … Old to modern English dictionary
