eald-geníþla
, an;
m. An ancient foe, arch-fiend, Satan; antīquus inĭmīcus, diăbŏlus :-- Ðe-læs him ealdgeníþlan scyððan cómon
lest the old foes might come to injure him, Andr. Kmbl. 2098; An. 1050 : Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 37. Ealdgeníþla, helle hæftling
the old fiend, hell's captive, Andr. Kmbl. 2682; An. 1343. v.
eald-feónd.