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  • Fýlþ

    putor, i. fetor,

    • An. Ox. 3323:

    putredo,

    • Scint. 38, 19.

  • Of fýlþum and of fenne

    sordibus ac luto,

    • Germ. 388, 12.

  • Horslice fýlþu

    putidos (ergastuli) squaloris,

    • An. Ox. 1790.
figurative,
moral impurity, foul practice
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  • Seó fúle

    fornicatio,

    seó hátte fýlðe on Englisc,

    • Wlfst. 249, 8.

  • Fýlþe

    (ab omni spurcitiae) sentina,

    • An. Ox. 666.

  • Tó wiþersacunge fýlþe

    ad apostasiae volutabrum,

    • 3041.

  • Þás fúlan wuhta þú sceoldest áwurpan of ðínum ríce, ðý lǽs þe hí mid heora fýlðe ús ealle besmíton,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 488, 13.

  • Ic ætwand þæs deófles fýlðe,

    • Hml. S. 7, 229
      • :
    • 23, 174.

  • Ðá fýlðe ádón of þám Godes temple þe Antiochus þǽr árǽran hét on hǽðene wísan,

    • 25, 378.

  • Wið forliger and wið ǽghwilce fýlðe,

    • Wlfst. 115, 10.

  • Maþelunge fýlþe

    garrulitatis incestum,

    • An. Ox. 2948.

  • Fýlþa

    spurcalia,

    • 2060.

  • Hé geclǽnsod hæfde Godes templ fram eallum þám fýlðum þe hé þǽr árǽrde,

    • Hml. S. 25, 538.
Etymology
[
O. L. Ger. fúlitha putredo
:
O. H. Ger. fúlida putredo, putor, spurcitia.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “fýlþ.” 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/46712.

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