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fýlþ

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  • Fýlþ putor, i. fetor, An. Ox. 3323:

    putredo,

      Scint. 38, 19.
  • Of fýlþum and of fenne

    sordibus ac luto,

      Germ. 388, 12.
  • Horslice fýlþu

    putidos (ergastuli) squaloris,

      An. Ox. 1790.
figurative,
moral impurity, foul practice
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  • Seó fúle

    fornicatio,

    seó hátte fýlðe on
      Englisc, Wlfst. 249, 8.
  • Fýlþe

    (ab omni spurcitiae) sentina,

      An. Ox. 666.
  • Tó wiþersacunge fýlþe

    ad apostasiae volutabrum,

    3041.
  • Þás fúlan wuhta þú sceoldest áwurpan of ðínum ríce, ðý lǽs þe hí mid heora fýlðe ús ealle besmíton,

      Hml. Th. ii. 488, 13.
  • Ic ætwand þæs deófles fýlðe,

      Hml. S. 7, 229: 23, 174.
  • Ðá fýlðe ádón of þám Godes temple þe Antiochus þǽr árǽran hét on hǽðene wísan,

      25, 378.
  • Wið forliger and wið ǽghwilce fýlðe,

      Wlfst. 115, 10.
  • Maþelunge fýlþe

    garrulitatis incestum,

      An. Ox. 2948.
  • Fýlþa

    spurcalia,

    2060.
  • Hé geclǽnsod hæfde Godes templ fram eallum þám fýlðum þe hé þǽr árǽrde,

      Hml. S. 25, 538.
Etymology
[O. L. Ger. fúlitha putredo: O. H. Ger. fúlida putredo, putor, spurcitia.]
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