Old English Dictionary Entry

Fúlnes

Part of speech: fúllnes, fýlnes, -ness, e;

Definitions

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1 fúlnes

f. FOULNESS, impurity, stench; fœditas, sordes, fætor :-- Fúlnes [fýlnes. Exon. 98 a; Th. 368, 7] eorþan, eal forwisnad foulness of earth, all decayed, Soul Kmbl. 35; Seel. 18. Unarǽfnendlíce fúlnes wæs upp aweallende fætor incompărābĭlis ebulliens ĕrat, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 25. fulnes

Similar Words

'feallend-lic
-fá
-fandigendlic
-farenness
-feald

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚢᛚᚾᛖᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Exon.: Exeter Book
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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