| 单词 | fiend's limb |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfiend's limb a. spec. The arch-enemy of humankind; the devil. More fully: fiend of hell, foul fiend, old fiend. †fiend's limb = limb of Satan (see limb n.1). ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > a devil > [noun] > as enemy fienda1000 fiendkin1377 under-fienda1616 anti-god1856 the world > the supernatural > deity > a devil > the Devil or Satan > [noun] > as enemy or fiend witherwinc897 fienda1000 our foe?c1225 adversary1340 enemyc1384 fedea1400 our ghostly enemy1447 our ghostly foea1529 arch-foe1615 arch-traitor1751 arch-enemy1850 a1000 Hymns (Gr.) viii. 25 Ðu fiond geflæmdest. c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 294 Hit eac deah wiþ feondes costungum yflum. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 67 Ure fond nefre ne linnen [cease] for to fonden us mid sunnen. a1225 St. Marher. 1 Ouercomen ant akasten..þe feont. c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 357 It falliþ ofte..þat a tyraunt and a fendis lyme is put bifore a lyme of Crist. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xxi. 18 Fecche þat þe feond cleymeþ. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 1056 Caim was þe findes fode. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 14880 Leuer had þei se þe fend of helle Þen him amonges hem to dwelle. c1460 Play Sacram. 953 I shalle yow blysse to saue yow alle from the fendis blame. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke viii. f. lxxxviij And was caryed of the fende, into wildernes. ?c1600 (c1515) Sc. Field (Lyme) l. 396 in I. F. Baird Poems Stanley Family (D.Phil. thesis, Univ. of Birm.) (1990) 247 What it is to be false and the finde serve. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xiii. 8 Beware the foule fiend . View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 233 The Gates..belching outrageous flame..since the Fiend pass'd through. View more context for this quotation 1709 Brit. Apollo 19–21 Jan. Drugs of more Force..Than e'er was conceiv'd, by the subtil Old Fiend. 1848 A. Jameson Sacred & Legendary Art I. 73 The fiend is the worst part of the picture. < as lemmas |
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