Satanas Obs. exc. arch.
(ˈsætənæs)
Also 1 satanus, (3 gen. Sathanesses), 4 saternas, 4–5 satanase, satenas, satnace; 5 sathonas, 1–6, 9 sathanas.
[a. L. (Vulg.) Satanās, a. Gr. σατανᾶς, ad. Jewish Aramaic ṣāṭānā, emphatic form of ṣāṭān (a. Heb.): see Satan. Cf. F. satanas (OF. also satenas, sathanas, satrenas, etc., whence some ME. forms), Pr. Sathanas, Sadanas, Sp. Satanas, Pg. Satanaz, OIt. Satanasse, Satanaso.]
1. = Satan 1.
| a 1000 Cædmon's Satan 371 (Gr.) Satanus swearte. c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Mark iii. 23 Hu mæᵹ satanas satanan [c 1160 Hatton Gosp. sathanas sathana] ut adrifan. c 1220 Bestiary 96 Forsaket ðore satanas, and ilk sinful dede. c 1275 Sinners Beware 221 in O.E. Misc. 79 From sathanases wrenche. a 1300 Cursor M. 11903 He [Herod] es bileft wit satanas [Trin. sathonas], And wit þe traitur sir iudas. c 1315 Shoreham i. 2170 Ac he hyt hadde wel priue For saternases lyste. ? a 1400 Morte Arth. 3813 Bot Satanase his sawle mowe synke in-to helle! 1482 Monk of Evesham xxi. (Arb.) 50 The wekyd angelle of that deuyl Sathanas. 1526 Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 37 b, By the operacyon & werkynge of sathanas. 1590 Sir J. Smyth Disc. Weapons Ded. 13 A very offering of sacrifice vnto Satanas, or rather to Belzebub himselfe the Prince of feendes. 1819 Scott Ivanhoe xxxiii, Speak, Jew—have I not ransomed thee from Sathanas?—have I not taught thee thy credo, thy pater, and thine Ave Maria? 1855 Kingsley Westw. Ho! xxvi, Satanas must need help those who serve him. |
¶ b. With etymological sense: = Satan 1 b. Obs.
| 15.. Exam. Thorpe in Foxe A. & M. (1583) 533/1 The Priest that preacheth not the word of God..he is Antichrist and Sathanas. |
† 2. Applied to a fierce animal. (Cf. Satan 2 b.)
| c 1420 Avow. Arth. v, We schalle that Satnace [sc. a boar] see, Giffe that he be thare. Ibid. viii, Were he neuyr so hardy, Ȝone Satenas to say, To brittun him, and downe bringe, With-oute any helpinge. |