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DENISCAN - DEÓFUL-GILD

Deniscan; gen. ena; pl. m. [Denisca, def. of Denisc; adj.] The Danish men, the Danes; D&a-long;n&i-short;ci viri, D&a-long;ni :-- Hér, A. D. 835, Ecgbryht, Westseaxna cing, geflýmde ge ða Wealas ge ða Deniscan here, A. D. 835, Ecgbryht, king of the West Saxons, routed both the Welsh and the Danes, Chr. 835; Th. 116, 13-23, col. 1, 2. Ða Deniscan áhton wælstówe geweald the Danes obtained power of the battle-place, Chr. 833; Erl. 65, 19 : 837; Erl. 67, 8 : 840; Erl. 67, 13 : 871; Erl. 75, 15 : 871; Erl. 77, 6 : 999; Erl. 134, 26. On ðæra Deniscena healfe wæs ofslægen Eoric cyning king Eric was slain on the side of the Danes, Chr. 905; Erl. 99, 32 : 910; Erl. 100, 15. v. Denisc.

Denisses burna, an; m. DENISESBURN, the river Denis; Denisi r&i-long;vus :-- On ðære stówe ðe Engle nemnaþ Denisses burna in loco qui lingua Angl&o-long;rum Denises burna, id est rivus Denisi voc&a-long;tur, Bd. 3, 1; S. 524, 10.

DENN, es; n. A DEN; cub&i-long;le, lustrum? [lustra MS.] :-- Denn cubile, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 2; Som. 8, 27. Wild-deóra holl and denn lustrum fer&a-long;rum [MS. lustra], Ælfc. Gl. 110; Som. 79, 38; Wrt. Voc. 59, 10. Se légdraca gewát dennes niósian the fire-dragon went to visit his den, Beo. Th. 6082; B. 3045. Geseah he wundur on ðæs wyrmes denn he saw wonders in the dragon's [lit. worm's] den, 5512; B. 2759. [Prompt. d&e-long;n specus : Wyc. den : Chauc. dennes caves : Laym. denne : Dut. denne, f. deck of a ship : Kil. denne &a-long;rea, antrum : Ger. tenne, f. area : M. H. Ger. tenne, n. area : O. H. Ger. tenni, n. area.]

dennian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad To become slippery; lubr&i-short;cum fi&e-short;ri :-- Feld dennode [dennade, col. 1] secga swáte the plain became slippery with the blood of soldiers, Chr. 937; Th. 203, 10, col. 2; Æðelst. 12.

den-sæ-acute;te; m. pl. Dwellers in valleys or plains; vallic&o-short;læ. v. sæ-acute;te.

denu, e; f : dene, an; f : dene, es; m. A plain, vale, dale, valley; vallis, convallis :-- Seó denu ðe ðú gesáwe weallendum lígum vallis illa quam aspexisti flammis fevent&i-short;bus, Bd. 5, 12; S. 630, 3, note, MS. B. Seó stów ðæ-acute;r seó denu wæs the place where the valley was, 5, 12; S. 630, note 3, MS. T. Æ-acute;lc denu biþ gefylled omnis vallis impleb&i-short;tur, Lk. Bos. 3, 5. Ðá becóme wit to ánre dene, seó wæs ormæ-acute;tlíce deóp and wíd, and forneán on lenge unge-endod we two then came to a valley, which was immensely deep and wide, and in length almost endless, Homl. Th. ii. 350, 6 : Bd. 5, 12; S. 627, 16 : Ps Lamb. 83, 7 : Bt. Met. Fox 7, 73; Met. 7, 37 : Salm. Kmbl. 458; Sal. 229. From Ebron dene de valle Hebron, Gen. 37, 14. He gebirgde hine on ðære dene Moab landes ongeán Phogor sepel&i-long;vit eum in valle terræ Moab contra Phogor, Deut. 34, 6. Dene getelda ic mete convallem tabernacul&o-long;rum dim&e-long;tiar, Ps. Spl. 107, 7. Dena genihtsumiaþ of hwæ-acute;te volles abund&a-long;bunt frumento, 64, 14 : Exon. 115 b; Th. 443,14; Kl. 30. Dene, nom pl. Exon. 56 a; Th. 199, 11; Ph. 24. Ðú ðe asendst wyllas on denum qui emittis fontes in convall&i-short;bus, Ps. Lamb. 103, 10 : Exon. 107 b; Th. 409, 18; Rä. 28, 3. [It is often used as a termination of the names of places situate in a plain or valley, as Tenterden, etc.] DER. deáþ-denu.

deófel-líc; adj. Diabolical, devilish; diab&o-short;l&i-short;cus :-- Mid deófellícum wiglungum with devilish incantations, Homl. Th. i. 102, 11.

deófel-seócnys, -nyss devil-sickness, Mt. Bos. 4, 24. v. deófolseócnes.

deófles of the devil, Andr. Kmbl. 86; An. 43; gen. of deófol.

deóflíc, deófel-líc; adj. Devilish, diabolical; diab&o-short;l&i-short;cus :-- Úre heofenlíca Hláford ðone deóflícan deáþ nyðeratræd our heavenly Lord trod down the diabolical death, Nicod. 29; Thw. 16, 40. Undergeat se apostol ðás deóflícan fácn the apostle perceived these diabolical wiles, Homl. Th. i. 62, 31. Mid deóflícum wiglungum with diabolical incantations, i. 102, 15.

DEÓFOL, deóful, dióful; contracted to deófl; gen. es; dat. e; nom. pl. deóflu, deófol; gen. deófla; m. n. The DEVIL; diab&o-short;lus. I. m. Nú þencþ menig man and smeáþ hwanon deófol cóme? Ðonne wite he ðæt God gesceóp, to mæ-acute;ran engle, ðone ðe nú is deófol; ac God ne gesceóp hine ná to deófle; ac ðá ðá he wæs mid ealle fordón and forscyldgod þurh ða miclan upahefednysse and wiðerweardnysse, ðá wearþ he to deófle awend, se ðe æ-acute;r wæs mæ-acute;re engel geworht now many a man will think and inquire whence the devil came? Then let him know that God created, as a great angel, him who is now the devil; but God did not create him as the devil; but when he was wholly done for and guilty towards God, through his great haughtiness and enmity, then became he changed to the devil, who before was created a great angel, Homl. Th. i. 12, 18-23. Se deófol ne wunode ná on sóþfæstnysse, forðamðe seó soþfæstnyss nis náteshwon on him the devil abided not in the truth, because the truth is not in any wise in him, Hexam. 10; Norm. 16, 18. Ðæt he ðone deófol adrífe ut dæm&o-short;nium ejic&e-short;ret, Mk. Bos. 7, 26. II. n. Him biþ ðæt deófol láþ the devil is loathly to them, Salm. Kmhl. 246; Sal. 122. Hyre ðæt deófol oncwæþ the devil addressed her, Exon. 72 b; Th. 270, 5; Jul. 460. Heó ðæt deófol genom she took the devil, 69 b; Th. 259, 27; Jul. 288. Heó ðæt deófol teáh bendum fæstne she drew the devil fast in bonds, 73 b; Th. 274, 17; Jul. 534. On deófla ealdre he drífþ út deóflu in princ&i-short;pe dæmoni&o-long;rum ej&i-short;cit dæm&e-short;nes, Mt. Bos. 9, 34. Deófol, nom. pl. Exon. 30 b; Th. 93, 27; Cri. 1532 : acc. pl. Exon. 118 b; Th. 455. 18; Hy. 4, 51. [Prompt. dewle, devylle : Wyc. deuel : Piers P. deovel : Chauc. deuill : Laym. deauel, deouel : Orm. deofell, defell : Plat. düvel, düwel, m : O. Sax. diu&b-bar;al, diobol, diabol, diuvil, m : Frs. deal, dijvel, m : O. Frs. diovel, divel, m : Dut. duivel, m : Ger. teufel, m : M. H. Ger. tiuvel, tievel, m : O. H. Ger. tiufal, m : Goth. diabaulus, m : Dan. diævel, dievel, m : Swed. djefvul, m : Icel. djöfull, m : Lat. diab&o-short;lus, m : Grk. δι&alpha-tonos;βoλυs an accuser or slanderer, m : from διαβ&alpha-tonos;λλω to cast or dart through or against; figuratively, to stab with an accusation or slander; δι&alpha-tonos; through, against, and β&alpha-tonos;λλω to cast. Δι&alpha-tonos;βoλos = &alpha-tonos;ντ&iota-tonos;δ&i-short;κos an opponent, adversary = HEBREW m. Satan, q. v.] DER. helle-deófol, hilde-.

deófol-cræft, es; m. Devil-craft, the black art, witchcraft; dæmoni&a-short;ca ars :-- Þurh dígolnesse deófolcræftes per dæmoniacæ artis arc&a-long;na, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 9. Hí nalæs mid deófolcræfte ac mid godcunde mægene gewélgade cóman illi non dæmoniaca sed div&i-long;na virt&u-long;te præd&i-short;ti veni&e-long;bant, Bd. 1, 25; S. 487, 1.

deófol-cund diabolical. v. deóful-cund.

deófol-dæ-acute;d, e; f. A devil-deed, diabolical deed; diab&o-short;li machin&a-long;tio, diabol&i-short;cum fac&i-short;nus :-- Hie wlenco anwód deófoldæ-acute;dum pride invaded them with diabolical deeds, Cd. 173; Th. 217, 5; Dan. 18.

deófol-gild, deóful-gild, diófol-gild, -geld, -gield, -gyld, es; n. [deófol, gild tribute, worship] Devil-worship, sacrifice to devils, idolatry, an idol, an image of the devil, diab&o-short;li vel dæm&o-long;num cultus, idololatr&i-long;a = ε&iota-tonos;δωλoλατρε&iota-tonos;α, id&o-long;lum, simulacrum :-- Ðæt man mihte dón heora deófolgyld that they might do their devil-worship, Ors. 3, 3; Bos. 55, 29, 33, 37 : Andr. Kmbl. 3372; An. 1690 : Exon. 66 b; Th. 245, 29; Jul. 52 : Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 4 : L. Ecg. C. 38; Th. ii. 162, 22, note 6. Betwih deófolgyldum lifdon inter id&o-long;la v&i-long;v&e-short;rent, Bd. 3, 30; S. 562, 19 : Exon. 68 a; Th. 251, 25; Jul. 150. Beóþ deófolgyld dysigra þeóda gold and seolfur simulacra gentium argentum et aurum, Ps. Th. 134, 15 : 113, 12 : Bd. 3, 30; S. 561, 43 : Cd. 145; Th. 180, 18; Exod. 47 : Elen. Grm. 1041 : Cot. 118.

deófol-gylda, an; m. [gild = gyld a worship, with -a a worshipper] A worshipper of the devil, an idolater; idololatres = ε&iota-tonos;δωλoλ&alpha-tonos;τρηs :-- Ða deófolgyldan gecwæ-acute;don ðæt hí woldon ðone apostol to heora hæ-acute;ðenscipe geneádian the idolaters said that they would force the apostle to their heathenship, Homl. Th. i. 70, 23.

deófolgyld-hús a heathen temple. v. deófulgyld-hús.

deófol-scín, es; pl. nom. acc. -scínnu; n. [scín a vision, phantom, demon] A diabolical vision, phantom, demon; dæmoni&a-short;cus v&i-long;sus, dæmon :-- Deófolscín dæmoni&a-short;cus visus, M. H. 106 b. Deófolscínnu dæm&o-short;nia, Scint. 7.

deófol-seóc; def. se deófol-seóca; adj. [seóc sick] Devil-sick, possessed with a devil; dæm&o-short;nium h&a-short;bens, dæmoni&a-short;cus :-- Ðá wæs him broht án deófolseóc man tunc obl&a-long;tus est ei dæm&o-short;nium habens, Mt. Bos. 12, 22 : 9, 32. Híg brohton him manege deófolseóce obtul&e-long;runt ei multos dæm&o-short;nia habentes, 8, 16. Deófolseóc dæmoni&a-short;cus, Ælfc. Gl. 78; Som. 72, 34; Wrt. Voc. 45, 66. Hí ða ofsettan deófolseócan forléton they forsook the possessed demoniacs, Homl. Th. i. 64, 26.

deófol-seócnes, deóful-seócnes, deófel-seócnes, -ness, -nyss, e; f. Devil sickness, possession with the devil; dæm&o-short;nium = δαιμ&omicron-tonos;κιoν :-- Deófolseócnessa us synd on ðínum naman underþeódde dæm&o-short;nia subjiciuntur nobis in nom&i-short;ne tuo, Lk. Bos. 10, 17. Sumne we gesáwo on ðínum naman deófolseócnessa útadrífende vid&i-short;mus quemdam in nomine tuo ejicientem dæm&o-short;nia, Mk. Bos. 9, 38 : 16, 17 : Lk. Bos. 9, 49 : 38, 32. He sealde him mihte ofer ealle deófolseócnessa dedit illis virtatem super omnia dæm&o-short;nia, Lk. Bos. 9, 1. Ðe hæfdon deófolseócnesse habentes dæm&o-short;nia, Mt. Bos. 8, 28. Deófolseócnysse he hæfþ dæm&o-short;nium habet, Lk. Bos. 7, 33. Deófulseócnysse dæm&o-short;nium, Mt. Bos. 11, 18. Ðe ða deófulseócnyssa hæfdon qui dæm&o-short;nia habu&e-short;rant, 8, 33. Deófelseócnyssa dæm&o-short;nia, 4, 24.

deófol-wítga, an; m. A devil prophet, soothsayer, wizard; vates diabol&i-short;cus, magus :-- Him andswaredon deófolwítgan the soothsayers answered him, Cd. 178; Th. 223, 31; Dan. 128.

deóful the devil, Mt. Bos. 13, 19. v. deófol.

deóful-cund; adj. Devil-kind or similar, diabolical; diab&o-short;l&i-short;cus :-- Gewát se deófulcsnda the diabolical departed, Judth. 10; Thw. 22, 14; Jud. 61.

deóful-gild, -gyld idolatry, an idol, Andr. Kmbl. 3372; An. 1690 : Ors. 6, 36; Bos. 131, 41 : Bd. 3, 1; S. 523, 23 : 3, 30; S. 562, 15. v. deófol-gild.