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FÚL

  • noun [ neuter ]
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FÚL, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§27; §131; §276; §426; §650;
Foulness, impurity, guilt, offence, fault; illŭvies, impūrĭtas, culpa
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  • Fúl and wydel

    illŭvies,

    • Cot. 105.
  • Ealra fúla ful

    full of all foulness [impurities ],

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1534
    • ;
    • El. 769.
  • Ðár ǽnig þing fúles neáh ne cume

    where nothing foul [of foulness] may come near,

    • L. Edg. C. 42
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 252, 25.
  • Se ðe ðæs fácnes and ðæs fúles gewita sý

    he who is privy to the crime and the guilt,

    • L. Ath. v. § 1. 2
    • ;
    • Th. i. 228, 22.
  • Sleá man of ða hand ðe he ðæt fúl mid worhte

    let the hand be struck off with which he wrought that offence,

    • i. 14
    • ;
    • Th. i. 206, 21.
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v. fúl foul; adj.
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  • FÚL, n.