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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-fyllan

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1 ge-fyllan

p. -fylde; pp. -fylled To fell, cut down, cast down, destroy, deprive of; cædere, destruere :-- Ðá wolde he ðæt gyld gefyllan then he determined to cast down the idol, Blickl. Homl. 221, 21, 32 : Beo. Th. 5303; B. 2655. He gefylde ðone ealdan feónd he cast down the old fiend, Blickl. Homl. 87, 19 : 221, 2, 4, 33. Freónda gefylled deprived of friends, Chr. 937; Erl. 114, 7; Ædelst. 41. Seó nædre gefylled wæs the serpent was destroyed, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 84, 45. ge-fyllan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚠᚣᛚᛚᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Beo.
Beowulf
Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.
Earle, J. (editor)
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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