numen

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Jn al fulsum hed sulen it ben numen.

From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Hall, Joseph

Quod si ea ficta credimus licentia fabularum, Mopsum, Tiresiam, 5 Amphiaraum, Calchantem, Helenum, quos tamen augures ne ipsae quidem fabulae adscivissent, si res omnino repudiaret, ne domesticis quidem exemplis docti numen deorum conprobabimus?

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund

O Christe, numen unicum ut discrepantum gentium O splendor, O virtus Patris, mores et observantiam, O factor orbis et poli, linguas et ingenia et sacra, atque auctor horum moenium! unis domares legibus.

From St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians A Practical Exposition by Gore, Charles

Another of the oaths prescribed by command of Caligula was “per numen Drusillæ.”

From A Cursory History of Swearing by Sharman, Julian

Ergo, Amor, i, morere; i, magnas, Puer alme, per umbras5 Elysiis non tam numen inane locis.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard