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FÚL

  • adjective
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Grammar
FÚL, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§27; §131; §276; §426; §650;
FOUL, dirty, impure, corrupt, rotten, stinking, guilty, convicted of a crime; fœdus, immundus, sordĭdus, obscœnus, spurcus, pūtĭdus, fœtĭdus, culpæ conscius, crīmĭne convictus
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  • Byrgen útan fæger, and innan fúl

    a sepulchre fair without, and foul within,

    • Ps. Th. 13, 5.
  • On ðínne fúlan múþ

    in thy foul mouth,

    • 49, 17.
  • In fúle wyllan

    to the foul spring,

    • Cod. Dipl. 724
    • ;
    • A.D. 1016
    • ;
    • Kmbl. iii. 367, 13: 366, 31.
  • Þurh fúle synne

    through foul sin,

    • Exon. 29 b
    • ;
    • Th. 90, 33
    • ;
    • Cri. 1483.
  • Ne náht fúles ne þicge

    nec immundum quidquam comĕdas,

    • Jud. 13, 4.
  • Wið fúlne gálscipe

    against foul lasciviousness,

    • L. C. E. 24
    • ;
    • Th. i. 374, 9.
  • Ascúnige man swíðe fúle forligra

    let foul fornications be earnestly shunned,

    • L. Eth. vi. 28
    • ;
    • Th. i. 322, 15.
  • Swá fúle swá gǽt

    as foul as goats,

    • Exon. 26 a
    • ;
    • Th. 75, 34
    • ;
    • Cri. 1231.
  • Fúl wín

    spurcum vīnum,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 32
    • ;
    • Som. 61, 127
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 27, 54.
  • Ic eom wyrslicre ðonne ðes wudu fúla

    I am viler than this rotten wood,

    • Exon. 111 a
    • ;
    • Th. 424, 33
    • ;
    • Rä. 41, 48.
  • Fúl fýr of heora múþe bláwende

    de ōre ignem pūtĭdum efflantes,

    • Bd. 5, 12
    • ;
    • S. 628, 41: 5, 12
    • ;
    • S. 630, 12.
  • Ic fúlre eom ðonne ðis fen swearte, ðæt hér yfle adelan stinceþ

    I am fouler than this black fen, that here smells badly of filth,

    • Exon. 110 b
    • ;
    • Th. 423, 32
    • ;
    • Rä. 41, 31.
  • Gif se mynetere fúl wurþe

    if the minter be guilty,

    • L. Ath. i. 14
    • ;
    • Th. i. 206, 20: v. § 1, 1
    • ;
    • Th. i. 228, 14.
  • Gif he ðonne fúl wurþe

    if he then be convicted,

    • L. Eth. i. 1
    • ;
    • Th. i. 280, 19: i. 2
    • ;
    • Th. i. 282, 21: L. C. S. 30
    • ;
    • Th. i. 394, 6.
Etymology
[
Piers P. Chauc. R. Glouc. foul
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Laym. ful, fule
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Orm. fule
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Plat. vuul, ful, fuul
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Frs. fuwle, fule
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O. Frs. ful
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Dut. vuil
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Ger. faul
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M. H. Ger. vúl
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O. H. Ger. fúl
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Goth. fuls
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Dan. fuul
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Swed. ful
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Icel. fúll
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Lat. pŭter foul, putrid
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Lith. pú-lei putrid matter
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Sansk. pūti putrid; from the root pūy to become foul or putrid.
]
Linked entries
v.  a-fúl FÚL fúl.
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  • FÚL, adj.