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fúl

  • noun [ feminine ]
  • adjective
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fúl, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§27; §131; §276; §426; §650;
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  • Fedus, deformis, turpis vel fúl,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 40.

  • Feda vel polluta fúl,

    • 44.

  • Þǽre fúlan

    obscaene,

    • 63, 11.
in a physical sense.
offensive to the senses
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  • Lazarus . . . on byrgenne wæs fúl wunigende,

    • Bl. H. 75, 5.

  • Fúles hlondes

    fetentis lotii,

    • An. Ox. 3273.

  • Mid fúlum adelscéþe

    putido latibulo,

    • 4751.

  • Ꝥ fúle

    fetidum, i. fetentem,

    • 2821.

  • Fúle unclǽnnessa

    olidas squalores,

    • 4454.

  • Of þára múðe út eóde ꝥ fúluste fýr, ꝥ ic ná áræfnian ne mihte,

    • Gr. D. 89, 24.

  • Se líchoma on þone heardestan stenc and on þone fúlostan bið gecyrred,

    • Bl. H. 59, 13.

  • Þǽm fúlæstum

    putentissimis (nidoribus),

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 4.
of disease
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  • Fúlre ádle

    feda peste,

    • Txts. 181, 50.

  • Fúle untrumnyssa

    purulentas (i. putridas) invalitudines,

    • An. Ox. 1975.
opposed to clean, dirty, miry , filthy
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  • Líchoma horig ł fúl

    corpus sordidum,

    • Hy. S. 26, 26.

  • Fúl

    squalidus (gloss to squalida jugera,Ald. 139, 19),

    • An. Ox. 18 b, 81.

  • Fúl maal on rægel

    stigmentum,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 12.

  • Fúles horewes

    squalentis cęni,

    • An. Ox. 2545.

  • Fúle

    cenulenti, i. lutosi,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 76.

  • Swín þe simle willnaþ licgan on fúlum solum,

    • Bt. 37, 4
      • ;
    • F. 192, 26.

  • Fúle syle

    lurida (i. caccabata) uolutabra,

    • An. Ox. 4289.

  • Ðet swín . . . bið fúlre ðonne hit ǽr wæs,

    • Past. 421, 3.
opposed to fair of aspect, dark, ugly (?), an epithet of the black alder
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  • Fúlae treó (treá, Ep.)

    alneum,

    • Txts. 39, 117.

  • Fúle treów,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 47.

  • Fúlan beámes rind,

    • Lch. ii. 78, 12.
[
Cf. O. H. Ger. fúl-boum
:
Ger. faul-baum.
]
figurative.
morally polluted
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  • Fúlre gálnysse, fúles forligeres

    lupanaris incesti,

    • An. Ox. 4222.

  • Gilt sliporne ł fúlne

    culpam lubricam,

    • Hy. S. 15, 38.

  • Mid fúlustre gewilnunge

    turpissimo desiderio,

    • Angl. xi. 117, 29.
guilty of a charge
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  • Be þisum þeófum þe man on hrædinge fúle geáxian ne mæg, and man eft geáxað þe hé fúl bið and scildig, . . . þá menn þe æt ordále fúle weorðað,

    • Ll. Th. i. 238, 29-32.
of language
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  • Þíne eáran áwend fram fúlre sprǽce,

    • Wlfst. 246, 7.
disgraceful, infamous
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  • Fúlra

    olidarum .i. fedorum (nuptiarum, the marriage of Herod with his brother's wife),

    • An. Ox. 1783.

  • Þás fúlan wuhta þú sceoldest áwurpan of ðínum ríce,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 488, 12.
¶ used substantively, on fúl lecgan, on fúlan lecgan to bury ignominiously (of burial in unconsecrated ground, the opposite of clǽne leger).
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v. instances under fúl, e; f. in Dict.
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v. un-fúl.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “fúl.” 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/46580.

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