A-fylan

Old English Dictionary Entry

A-fylan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: a.

Definitions

1 a-fylan

p. ede; pp. ed; [a, fúl foul, unclean] To foul, defile, pollute, to make filthy, to corrupt; inquinare, contaminare, fœdare :-- Yfel biþ ðæt man mid flǽsc-mete hine sylfne afýle it is sinful that any one defile himself with flesh-meat, L.C.S. 47; Th. i. 402, 24: Past. 54, 1. Afýled fœdatus, Prœm. Greg. Dial.

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᚠᚣᛚᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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