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Old English · noun

deofolseocnes

Normalised dēofolsēocnes

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
Modern English
demonicpossession

Meaning

  1. demonic possession

Declension

All forms (4)

Etymology

From dēofol + sēocnes or dēofolsēoc + -nes, literally "devil sickness."

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