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fyllan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Wright's OE grammar
§112; §259; §272; §276; §528; §530; §643;
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  • Fylde

    farsit,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 97, 12: 37, 46. I a. to fill with.
with gen.
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  • Ne fylð sé his ágen hús gódra cræfta,

      Past. 251, 5.
with inst.
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  • Wé þín hús écum gódum fyllað,

      Ps. Th. 64, 1.
  • Fyllað eówre fromcynne foldan sceátas,

      Gen. 1533.
with prep. mid
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  • Ꝥ leóhtfæt man mid ele fylleþ,

      Bl. H. 127, 30.
  • Ðú fyldest þás eorþan mid mistlicum cynrenum nétena,

      Bt. 33, 4; F. 132, 25.
  • Hig fyldon hira saccas mid hwǽte,

      Gen. 42, 25.
to fulfil
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  • Ne cuom ic tó slítenne ah tó fyllenne (gefyllenne, R.,

    adimplere

    ),
      Mt. L. 5, 17.
  • Ðá fyllennda willo Godes

    implentes voluntatem Dei,

    p.
      15, 11.
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v. for-, full-fyllan.
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