Satan (sat an)

[Formerly or dial. also Sa than; Turk. Sheytan = Pers. Hind. Shaitan ), The gay coroun of golde gered on lofte Now is sette for to serue satanas the blake, Bifore the bolde Baltazar wyth bost & wyth pryde. Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), ii. 1449. And now hath Sathanas , seith he, a tayl Brodder than of a carryk is the sail. Chaucer, Prol. to Summoner's Tale, 1. 28. And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Luke x. 18. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan , and bound him a you sand years. Rev. xx. 2. Incensed with indignation, Satan stood Unterrified, and like a comet burn'd. Milton, P. L., ii. 707. IMG:content-0135.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-0136.png:[blocks in formation] Hammond, Works, IV. 470. Satanic