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FÝLÞ

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
FÝLÞ, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§613;
FILTH, impurity, rottenness; spurcĭtia, putrēdo
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  • Hig synt innan fulle ealre fýlþe

    intus plēna sunt omni spurcĭtia,

    • Mt. Bos. 23, 27.
  • Wið áne cwénan fýlþe adreógaþ

    cum ūna meretrīce spurcĭtiem ăgunt,

    • Lup. Serm. 1, 11
    • ;
    • Hick. Thes. ii. 102, 27, 29 : Scint. 9.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. fúlitha, f
:
O. H. Ger. fúlida, f.
]
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  • FÝLÞ, n.