A-fylan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - a-fylan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- 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. v. ge-fýlan, a-fúlian. a-fylan