单词 | wolf of hell |
释义 | > as lemmaswolf of hell a. A person or being having the character of a wolf; one of a cruel, ferocious, or rapacious disposition. In early use applied esp. to the Devil or his agents ( wolf of hell); later most frequently, in allusion to certain biblical passages (e.g. Matthew vii. 15, Acts xx. 29), to enemies or persecutors attacking the ‘flocks’ of the faithful. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > savage person > [noun] wolfa900 liona1225 beastc1225 wild manc1290 tiger?a1513 Turk1536 club-fist1575 scourgemutton1581 wolver1593 vulture1605 savage1609 inhuman1653 brutal1655 Tartar1669 hyena1671 dragoon1712 Huna1744 panther1822 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > fierceness > [noun] > person or being wolfa900 liona1225 wild manc1290 boar1297 fell1340 tiger?a1513 centaur1565 wolver1593 to speak bandog and Bedlam1600 vulture1605 killbuck1612 man-tigera1652 Tartar1669 hyena1671 dragoon1712 vampire1741 Huna1744 panther1868 the world > the supernatural > deity > a devil > the Devil or Satan > [noun] > servant of wolfa900 sergeanta1513 antichristian1531 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > cruelty > [noun] > person wolfa900 cruelc1420 Turk1536 scourgemutton1581 savage1609 hell-kitea1616 a900 Old Eng. Martyrol. 24 Jan. 30 Þu eart deofles wulf. OE Crist I 256 Hafað se awyrgda wulf tostenced, deor dædscua, dryhten, þin eowde, wide towrecene. c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 149 Woluys of helle stranglen hem. c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋694 As seith seint Augustyn, they been the deueles wolues that stranglen the sheepe of Ihesu crist. c1450 Godstow Reg. 18 (Kalendar, June) Cyryce and Iulytte, kepe us fro þe wulfe. 1497 J. Alcock Mons Perfeccionis (de Worde) A iij It putteth from us the wulf the deuyll deuourer of mannes soule. 1577 T. Kendall tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes f. 43 The feend the woulfe of hell. < as lemmas |
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