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Old English Dictionary Entry

Deófol-seóc

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Definitions

Definitions

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1 deófol-seóc

def. se deófol-seóca; adj. [seóc sick] Devil-sick, possessed with a devil; dæmŏnium hăbens, dæmoniăcus :-- Ðá wæs him broht án deófolseóc man tunc oblātus est ei dæmŏnium habens, Mt. Bos. 12, 22 : 9, 32. Híg brohton him manege deófolseóce obtulērunt ei multos dæmŏnia habentes, 8, 16. Deófolseóc dæmoniăcus, 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. deofol-seoc
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛞᛖᚩᚠᚩᛚ-ᛋᛖᚩᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Mt.
Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Som.
Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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