单词 | devilshine |
释义 | devilshinen. Illusion or delusion caused by or attributed to the Devil; the power or influence of a devil; diabolical works; devilish behaviour. Cf. devilry n. 2, 3.In quot. OE3 perhaps: an evil spirit, a devil.In quot. ?a1450 probably: a false god, an idol, a devil; cf. quot. c1450 at devilship n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] evil angel, spiritc950 ghosteOE uncleanOE demonOE devilOE devilshineOE groa1225 debleriea1325 devilnessa1400 devilryc1400 sprat?a1475 nicker1481 fiend of hell1509 imp1526 virtue1584 elf1587 succubus1601 blue devilc1616 black man1656 woolsaw1757 buggane1775 bhut1785 demonic1785 pishachi1807 devil-devil1831 skookum1838 taipo1848 lightning bird1870 demonry1883 pisaca1885 mafufunyanas1963 mare1981 the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] > involving demons or black magic devilshineOE artemagea1393 art magica1393 devilry1487 goety1569 black art1572 black magic1590 diabolism1614 demonomancy1652 goetic1727 diablerie1751 demonomagy1765 demonurgy1797 OE Seven Sleepers (Julius) (1994) 34 Þonne ða hæþenan on swilcon deofolscinne [altered from deofolscine] blissedon, ðonne weopon and geomredon þa þe on God belyfdon..þæt æfre on mancynne swa mycelne anweald deofol habban sceolde. OE Homily: In Die Iudicii (Corpus Cambr. 419) in A. S. Napier Wulfstan (1883) 189 Utan wið deofolscin scildan us georne & wið þa deoflican eahta leahtras dæges and nihtes warnian simle. OE tr. Defensor Liber Scintillarum (1969) vii. 70 Inmundos spiritus orationis euincit instantia quia demonia per orationem uincuntur : unclæne gastas gebedes ofercymð anrædnyss forþi deofulscinnu þurh gebed beoð oferswyþede. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 8110 & ȝet he dide mare inoh Off deofell shine o life. c1300 St. George (Laud) 13 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 294 Alle false godes so beoth deuelschine, i-wis. ?a1450 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Bodl. Th d.36) (1976) 75 Whi clepiþ Crist richessis eþer a deuelshene [c1450 Lichfield deuelschip] of wickidnesse? 1994 B. Porterfield Diddy Waw Diddy v. 95 Odin was a master of disguise,..one of the spooks who ran with the Thomas boys in such destructive devilshine that vigilantes went on patrol against them. 2004 A. Klein Nagel 38 P.—Eavesdrop on their thinking?..By what dark spells? N.—Why, man, this isn't devilshine, just decibels. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE |
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