Eald-feónd

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - eald-feónd

According to the Old English Dictionary:

eald-fínd, es;

eald-feónd
m. An ancient foe, arch-fiend, Satan; antīquus inĭmīcus, diăbŏlus :-- Ealdfeónda cyn the tribe of ancient foes, Cd. 174; Th. 219, 20; Dan. 57: 196; Th. 244, 26; Dan. 454: Exon. 16a; Th. 35, 32; Cri. 567. Ðæt he ne léte him ealdfeónd oncyrran mód from his Meotude that he did not let the ancient fiend turn his mind from his Creator, 37b; Th. 124, 7; Gú. 336: 62a; Th. 229, 2; Ph. 449: 121a; Th. 464, 18; Hö. 89.

Related words: eald-geníþla, eald-gewinna, eald-hettende. eald-feond

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