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hetol

  • adjective
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Grammar
hetol, hetel; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§635;
Full of hate, hostile, malignant, evil
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  • Se heáhengel ðe nu is hetol deófol

    the archangel that now is a devil full of malice,

    • Boutr. Scrd. 17, 22.
  • Maxentius ða burh geheóld mid hetelum geþance

    Maxentius held the town with hostile intent,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 304, 21.
  • Hí habbaþ nú ðone hetolan deófol him tó hláforde

    they have now the malignant devil as their lord,

    • 254, 1
    • :
    • Swt. A. S. Rdr. 66, 327.
  • Her sind on earde cyrichatan hetole

    here in the land are foes of the church full of malice,

    • 109, 154.
Etymology
[
A. R. hetel
:
O. H. Ger. hazzal maliliosus
.]
Linked entries
v.  hatol hetol-ness.
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  • hetol, adj.