FYLL
- noun [ masculine ]
Grammar
Wright's OE grammar
§387;
a FALL, ruin, destruction, death; cāsus, intĕrĭtus
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Crist is ofermódigra fyll
Christ is the fall of the high-minded,
- Ors. 3, 2 ;
- Bos. 55, 6.
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Æfter his fylle
after his death,
- 6, 5 ;
- Bos. 119, 22.
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Míne innoþas on ðam fylle tolocene wǽron
interānea essent ruendo convulsa,
- Bd. 5, 6 ;
- S. 619, 31.
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Se bisceop sárgode be ðam fylle and míne forwyrde
episcŏpus de cāsu et intĕrĭtu meo dŏlēbat,
- 5, 6 ;
- S. 619, 32.
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Æt fylle
at the fall,
- L. M. 1, 4 ;
- Lchdm. ii. 48, 14, note.
a FALL, case, inflection in grammar; cāsus, inflectio
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Cāsus, ðæt is fyll oððe gebígedniss
case, that is a declining or inflection,
- Ælfc. Gr. 14 ;
- Som. 17, 23.
Etymology
Orm. fall
: O. Sax. fal, m
: Frs. O. Frs. fal, fel, m
: Dut. val, m
: Ger. fall, m
: M. H. Ger. val, m
: O. H. Ger. fal, m
: Dan. fald, n
: Swed. fall, n
: Icel. fall, n. lapsus, cāsus, Rask Hald. Egils.
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Derived forms
Linked entries
v.
fell fiell fyl.
Entry information
Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “FYLL.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/12850.
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