Middle English Dictionary Entry
blasfēmǒur, -er(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | blasfēmǒur, -er(e n. |
| Etymology | OF blasphemëor |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A blasphemer.
Associated quotations
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard.(Manly-Rickert)C.898 : Thou blasphemour of Crist with vileynye And othes grete.
- (1395) Wycl.37 Concl.(Tit D.1)52 : If he chalangith this dignite to him [Christ], he is a blasfemere, and Lucifer, and antecrist.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Lev.24.14 : The Lord spak to Moises and seide: 'Lede out the blasfemere..and al the puple stone hym!'
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)8.1689 : Suich blasfemours, as was this Iulian [Apostate].
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)38 : Blasfemare: Blasphemator.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)32/10 : Galgalis, whos dwelleres were blasphemeres of God.