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Wright's OE grammar
§132; §278; §295;
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  • Ðonne mon beám on wuda forbærne, . . . geselle, .LX. sciłł., for þám þe fýr bið þeóf . . . sió æx bið melda, nalles þeóf,

      Ll. Th. i. 128, 19.
  • On þissum geáre atýwde ꝥ wilde fýr (v. wilde,
), Chr. 1032; P. 159, 4. Fýr oððe fýres god
Vulcanus,
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 6. Rícu forheregian swá swá fýres lég déð drígne hǽþfeld, Bt. 16, 1; F. 50, 4. Wolcn on fýres gelícnesse, Chr. 979; P. 122, 25. Ðá burh hí mid fýre ontendan woldon, 994; P. 129, 1. Þá Walas flugon þá Englas swá fýr, 473; P. 14, 5. Þá lægdon hí fýr on they set fire to the minster, 1070; P. 205, 23. Hǽðenscipe bið ꝥ man weorðige fýr oþþe flód, Ll. Th. i. 378, 19. (1 a) fire as
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  • Feówer gesceafta . . . feówrþe is fýr . . . ꝥ fýr is yfemest ofer eallum þyssum woruldgesceaftum,

      Bt. 33, 4; F. 128, 30-38.
  • Úre líchoma wæs gesceapen of feówer gesceaftum, of eorþan and of fýre and of wætere and of lyfte, Bl. H. 35, 13. (1 b)

    fire

    of hell :-- Manna gítsung is swá byrnende swá ꝥ fýr on þǽre helle,
      Bt. 15; F. 48, 19.
  • On þám écan fýre mid deófle,

      C. D. iv. 52, 9.
  • On éce fýr sendan, Bl. H. 125, 2. (1 c) in fýre wesan to be on fire :-- Gelamp hit ꝥ ꝥ hús eall wæs in fýre

    contigit culmen domus subitaneis flammis impleri,

      Bd. 3, 10; Sch. 234, 8 note.
a fire, fuel in a state of combustion
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  • Fýr

    haec pira,

      An. Ox. 18 b, 76.
  • Gif fýr sié ontended rýt tó bærnenne, gebéte þone æfwerdelsan sé ꝥ fýr ontent,

      Ll. Th. i. 50, 27.
  • Nán mann ne cume innon þǽre ciricean siþþan man ꝥ fýr in byrð þe man ꝥ ordál mid hǽtan sceal,

      226, 10.
  • Wǽron þá cnihtas on ꝥ fýr (fér,

    v. l.

    ) onsended; þá ne onhrán ꝥ fýr him nó,
      Mart. H. 24, 3.
  • Hine man on ꝥ fýr wearp,

      Bt. 7, 3; F. 22, 12.
  • Hé geseah feówer ormǽte fýr átende . . . 'þás feówer fýr ontendað ealne middaneard,' Hml Th. ii. 338, 7.
  • Geseón on sméðum felda fela fýra byrnan, Ors. 3, 11; S. 142, 15: Nar. 13, 3: 12, 31. (2 a)

    a fire on a hearth :-- Fýre (ante) larem,

      An. Ox. 4652.
  • Fýrum

    laribus, fýr larem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 13, 14. (2 b) a piece of burning material :-- Fýrum, brandum (rogi) torribus, i. ignibus,

      An. Ox. 3520.
  • Fýrum áda

    globis flammarum,

    3555.
fire from heaven,
lightning
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  • Hwílum God sendeþ his engla gástas, hwílum hé sendeþ þurh fýres lég,

      Bl. H. 203, 15.
  • Sende Drihten fýr of heofenum,

      153, 29.
a disease
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  • Wylde fýr

    erisipilas,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 3. v. beácen-, cwic-fýr.
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