† unwinen.
Obsolete.
a. An enemy or foe.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > hatred > enemy > [noun]
witherwinc897
foemaneOE
i-foeOE
withersakec960
fiendc975
foeOE
witherlingc1000
unwine1050
unholda1200
andsetec1200
unfriendc1275
un-i-winec1275
adversaryc1350
enemy1362
hatera1382
evil-willinga1400
fedea1400
contraryc1405
inimi1423
overthwarter?c1450
evil-willer1460
Moabitea1461
heavy friend?1518
Satanas1530
adverse1593
malengine1601
distresser1616
viand1616
hostile1838
unfriendly1973
1050 Will in Thorpe Charters 584 Gif ic ongen ne cume, þat þu it nefre ne let weldon mine unwinan after me.
c1100 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (MS. D) ann. 1075 Þæt he mihte..his unwinan unþancas don.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 53 Þos men þe þus to~draȝed heore euencristene bi-hinden..beoð cristes unwines.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 19838 Þatt time þatt herode wass. Vnnwine wiþþ filippe.
a1225 Leg. Kath. 1221 Eð were ure lauerd..to awarpen his unwine.
b. spec. The Evil One. (So Middle Swedish ovin.)
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the world > the supernatural > deity > a devil > the Devil or Satan > [noun]
devileOE
Beelzebubc950
the foul ghosteOE
SatanOE
warlockOE
SatanasOE
worsea1200
unwinea1225
wondc1250
quedea1275
pucka1300
serpenta1300
dragon1340
shrew1362
Apollyon1382
the god of this worldc1384
Mahoundc1400
leviathan1412
worsta1425
old enemyc1449
Ruffin1567
dismal1570
Plotcocka1578
the Wicked One1582
goodman1603
Mahu1603
foul thief1609
somebody1609
legiona1616
Lord of Flies1622
walliman1629
shaitan1638
Old Nicka1643
Nick1647
unsel?1675
old gentleman1681
old boy1692
the gentleman in black1693
deuce1694
Black Spy1699
the vicious one1713
worricow1719
Old Roger1725
Lord of the Flies1727
Simmie1728
Old Scratch1734
Old Harry1777
Old Poker1784
Auld Hornie1786
old (auld), ill thief1789
old one1790
little-good1821
Tom Walker1833
bogy1840
diabolarch1845
Old Ned1859
iniquity1899
a1225 Juliana 35 Were me swa wið þen vnwine;..þet þu beo..iheiet eaure in eorðe.
c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 93 Þet te hali gast leadde ure lauerd seolf in to anlich stude..forte beon itemptet of þe unwine of helle.
a1240 Ureison in Old Eng. Hom. I. 197 Ne þole þu þene unwine þet he me arine.
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