Middle English Dictionary Entry
dēmoniak adj. & n.
Entry Info
| Forms | dēmoniak adj. & n. Also domi(ni)ak. |
| Etymology | L & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Possessed by a devil, insane; (b) as noun: one possessed by a devil, insane person.
Associated quotations
a
- c1405 Chaucer CT.Sum.(Heng)D.2240 : I holde hym certeynly demonyak.
- c1450 De CMulieribus (Add 10304)1363 : There Kyng Egeus toke hir in matrimony And a chylde demonyake gate hir by.
b
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sum.(Manly-Rickert)D.2240 : I holde hym certeyn a demonyak.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sum.(Manly-Rickert)D.2292 : He nys no fool ne no demonyak [vrr. domynyak, domyak.]
- (c1422) Hoccl.JWife (Dur-U Cosin V.3.9)843 : Thow cursid wrecche, thow demoniak!
- a1450(c1433) Lydg.St.Edm.(Hrl 2278)435/1270 : This lord off Denmark..As a demonyak vexyd with a gost, Ful offte turnynge in his infirmyte.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)68.372 (v.2:p.27) : A demonyac oones the citee entryng of Melan, the devil from hym went.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)73.274 (v.2:p.53) : I am a demonyac and evil spiritis vexen me.