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deable (s.xii1/4)
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The form diable is a cross reference to the following entry:

deable (s.xii1/4)

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daiable,  daible;  deauble,  deble,  deeble,  deiable,  deible;  diable,  dieble;  dyable  (dele,  dialbe)  
  FEW:  diabolus 3,63b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  diable 9,375a TL: diable 2,1900 DEAF:  diable  DMF:  diable  TLF:  diable  OED:  devil n.  MED:  devel n.  DMLBS:  diabolus 674b

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1theol.The Devil, Satan: 
( 1113-19; MS: s.xii3/3 )  icés ki funt servise A diable suvent  Comput ANTS 1641
( c.1200; MS: s.xivin )  Tant ad forment dieble enticé Empeint a fere malvesté  S Osith 1323
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv2 )  ceus ke deable ne puet essorber Par mescreaunce, il les enseigne a mesoverer  Apoc giffard 1588
( 1388 )  et disoient al enfaunt qe si elle passa la porte qe le daible (var. deible; deable; diable) luy voilleit emporter  YBB 12 Rich II 73
♦theol.devil, servant of Satan: 
( MS: s.xii1/4 )  Si cist souros ci est venus par dialbe inchantesun, tollet l’en Deus par sa magne resurectium  Pop Med 82.1
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 ) (St. Brendan) Vit venir deiables mil Od turmentes e grant peril  S Brend mup 1465
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Les debles d’enfern  Josaphaz2 1672
( 1214-16; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  semblerent debles  Turpin 864
2 pagan demon, pagan god: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) E sacrifierenr kur fils e lur filles as diables, e espandierent sanc nunnuisant  Oxf Ps ANTS 107.105.34
3demon, monster: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  iceste daible tu formas (Latin: leviathan istum plasmasti) que tu juasses en lui  Camb Ps 189.CIII.26
4 name (used as a surname): 
( 1221 )  Alexander le Deble  Family Names Deeble
( 1230 )  Roger le Diable  Family Names Deeble
deable meridien
meridien
s’en aler a deable
theol.to go to Hell: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii1 )  Finablement si perirunt Quant a diable s’en irrunt  S Edm Pass ANTS 663
que deable!
interj.why, what the Devil!: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  qe dele estes vous si coroucee od homme [...] qe vous volez pur vous vengier derobber Dieu [...]?  Ancren1 200.7-8

See also:

deableau  deablement  deablerie  deablesse  deablet  deablie  debler 
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