Fýr

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

fýr

Add: (1) fire:--Ðonne mon beám on wuda forbærne, . . . geselle, .LX. scill., for þám þe fýr bið þeóf . . . sió æx bið melda, nalles þeóf, Ll. Th. i. 128, 19. On þissum geáre atýwde ꝥ wilde fýr (IV), 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 one of the four elements:--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. (2) a fire, fuel in a state of combustion:--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. (3) fire from heaven, lightning:--Hwílum God sendeþ his engla gástas, hwílum hé sendeþ þurh fýres lég, Bl. H. 203, 15. Sende Drihten fýr of heofenum, 153, 29. (4) a disease:--Wylde fýr erisipilas, Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 3. v. beácen-, cwic-fýr. fyr

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