Fylle-wærc

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - fylle-wærc

According to the Old English Dictionary:

felle-wærc, es;

fylle-wærc
n. The falling sickness, epilepsy; ĕpĭlepsia = GREEK :-- Of ðæs magan ádle cumaþ hramma and fyllewærc from the disease of the stomach come cramps and epilepsy, L. M. 2, 1; Lchdm. ii. 174. 25. fylle-wærc
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