Behemoth

Behemoth [cf. Job xl 10] , serpent, hence Satan. horrida nam multans torsisti membra Vehemoth Aldh. Aen. pref. 4; surrexit contra eum princeps Beemoth cum ‥ satellitibus suis Byrht. V. Osw. 455 (cf. ib. 417); verbo tanquam verbere Beemot castigatus non ulterius conjugalem torum presumpsit infestare W. Cant. Mir. Thom. IV 2; nam corpus Behemoth ut scutum fusile fertur Elmh. Metr. Hen. V 93.