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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Lucifer. Also: Lucifere, -fair. [ME. (Cursor M. Chaucer, Wyclif, etc.) and e.m.E. Lucifer(e, late OE. Lucifer, L. Lūcifer ‘light-bringing’, as the name of the morning star, also, by the Fathers, after Isa. xiv. 12, as the name of Satan before his fall.] a. The morning star; the planet Venus as morning star. b. Lucifer, the fallen archangel; Satan, the Devil. c. A ‘Satan’, a devil.a. Arundel MS. 287/267.
As Lucifer before the sone risis so bricht So thou [Mary] preuenit him quhilk is oure werray licht 15.. Clar. II. 1398.
The morrow star For bewtie that clippit is Lucifer a1568 Bann. MS. 230 b/5.
As … Lucifair [passes] all vther sternis smallb. c1450-2 Howlat 933.
Thy pryde … approchis our hie Lyke Lucifer in estaite c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 7.
As Lucifer [M. Lucifere] that fra the hevin descendit c1500-c1512 Kennedy Ib. 252.
Lucifers laid, fowll feyindis face infernall c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxxxvi. 38. a1568 Pedder C. 35.
Grit Lucifer … Is nocht sa helie as that loun 1567 G. Ball. 175.c. 1629 Black Orkn. & Shetl. Folklore 79.
The said Michaells wyff said to yow, Quhat Lucifer learned yow that witchcraft