Obs. Also 4–5 blasfem(e. [a. F. blasphème, ad. L. blasphēmus, ad. Gr. βλάσφημος; see prec.] A. adj. Blasphemous.
1382. Wyclif, 2 Macc. x. 4. To barbaris, or heithen, and blasfeme men.
c. 1410. Love, Bonavent. Mirr., xxxiv. 66 (Gibbs MS.). To haue stoned hym as blaspheme [1530 a blasphemer].
B. sb. A blasphemer.
1382. Wyclif, Sel. Wks., III. 347. Shulden siche blasfemes be stoned to deep.
1401. Pol. Poems (1859), II. 93. The Pharisees, pursuwed Crist to the dethe, ȝe, callid hym a blasfeme.
