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FYLL

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
FYLL, fyl, fell, fiell, es; m.
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.
  • Æfter his fylle

    after his death,

    • 6, 5
    • ;
    • Bos. 119, 22.
  • Míne innoþas on ðam fylle tolocene wǽron

    interānea essent ruendo convulsa,

    • Bd. 5, 6
    • ;
    • S. 619, 31.
  • Se bisceop sárgode be ðam fylle and míne forwyrde

    episcŏpus de cāsu et intĕrĭtu meo dŏlēbat,

    • 5, 6
    • ;
    • S. 619, 32.
  • 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.
]
Derived forms
wæl-fyll
Linked entries
v.  fell fiell fyl.
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