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deófol-gild

  • noun [ neuter ]
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deófol-gild, deóful-gild, diófol-gild, -geld, -gield, -gyld, es; n. [deófol, gild tribute, worship]
Devil-worship, sacrifice to devils, idolatry, an idol, an image of the devil, diabŏli vel dæmōnum cultus, idololatrīa = είδωλoλατρεία, idōlum, simulacrum
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  • Ðæt man mihte dón heora deófolgyld

    that they might do their devil-worship,

    • Ors. 3,
    • 3;
    • Bos. 55, 29, 33, 37 : Andr. Kmbl. 3372; An. 1690 : Exon. 66 b; Th. 245,
    • 29;
    • Jul. 52 : Bd. 1,
    • 7;
    • S. 477, 4 : L. Ecg. C. 38
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 162, 22, note 6
    • .
  • Betwih deófolgyldum lifdon

    inter idōla vīvĕrent,

    • Bd. 3,
    • 30;
    • S. 562, 19 : Exon. 68 a
    • ;
    • Th. 251,
    • 25;
    • Jul. 150
    • .
  • Beóþ deófolgyld dysigra þeóda gold and seolfur

    simulacra gentium argentum et aurum,

    • Ps. Th. 134, 15 : 113, 12 : Bd. 3,
    • 30;
    • S. 561, 43 : Cd. 145
    • ;
    • Th. 180,
    • 18;
    • Exod. 47 : Elen. Grm. 1041 : Cot. 118
    • .
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v.  diófol-gild.
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