† atterlingn.
Obsolete. rare.
A venomous malignant person, a shrew.
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the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > ill-will > person of ill-will > [noun]
foea1393
atterlingc1450
basilisk1477
ill-willerc1500
attercop1508
viper1591
ill-wisher1607
malevolent1609
malevolo1648
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > ill will, malevolence > [noun] > person or thing displaying
devilOE
hatelc1175
fiendc1220
hellhoundc1340
foea1393
atterlingc1450
basilisk1477
ill-willerc1500
attercop1508
malign1536
ettercapa1583
demon1591
viper1596
dragon1600
ill-wisher1607
malevolent1609
malevolo1648
c1450 How Good Wijf (Lamb. 853) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 38 Meekely þou him answere, And not as an attirling.
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