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ge-fillan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-fillan, p. de.
Take here passages given under ge-fyllan. to fell, and add: To cause to fall.
to fell.
to strike down a living creature
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  • Feónd gefyldan, . . . anð hí hyne ábroten hæfdon, sibæðelingas,

      B. 2 706.
  • Gif hé man tó deáðe gefylle. Ll. Th. i. 170, 10.

  • Ealle ic mihte feóndas gefyllan, hwæðre ic fæste stód,

      Kr. 38.

  • Ne wearð wæl máre folces ge-fylled sweordes ecgum, Chr. 937 ; P. I 10, (I a) fig. :-- Hé úp áhóf hond his ofer hié ðæt hé gefælde hié

    (ut prosterneret eos),

      Ps. Srt. 105, 26.
to cut down wood
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  • Þá hét ic of þǽm wudo þe þǽr gefylled wæs, ꝥ mon fýr onǽlde,

      Nar. 12, 28.
to strike down with disease,
destroy
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  • Hæfde hé gefylled frumbearna fela,

      Exod. 38.
to overthrow in argument,
confute
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  • Gefælde

    deslruxit (temtantes),

      Mt. p. 19, 6.
to let fall, drop (trans.)
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  • Ofer ðone se stán bið gifælled

    supra quem lapis ceciderit,

      Lk. R. L. 20, 18.
to cause to cease, put an end to
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  • Þæt Pater Noster morðor gefylleð, ádwǽsceð deófles fýr,

      Sal. 41.

  • Geflit gefælde,

      Lk. p. II, 4.

  • Gifælle ðás líchomes untrymnisse

    prosternere istam corporis infirmitatem,

      Rtl. 115, 11.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-fillan.” 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/47957.

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