Ge-fýlan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-fýlan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: a. To foul, defile, pollute;

Definitions

1 ge-fýlan

p. ede; pp. ed; inquinare, foedare, contaminare :-- Ðæt hí willaþ mid gegaf-sprǽcum Godes hús gefýlan so that they will with idle speeches defile God's house, L. Ælfc. C. 35; Th. ii. 356, note 2, line 22. Ðæt man mid flǽsc-mete hine sylfne gefýle that any one should defile himself with flesh-meat, L. C. S. 47; Th. i. 402, 24, note 57. ge-fylan

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚠᚣᛚᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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