Fýr
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - fýr
According to the Old English Dictionary:
fír, es;
- FÝR
- n. FIRE, a fire, hearth; ignis, fŏcus :-- Búton he hæbbe swá scearp andget swá ðæt fýr unless he have an understanding as sharp as the fire, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 216, 28. Fýr ignis, Wrt. Voc. 284, 11 : Mk. Bos. 9, 44, 46 : Ex. 22, 6 : Leignis vel fŏcus, Wrt. Voc. 82, 51. Him befóran fóron fýr and wolcen fire and cloud journeyed before him, Cd. 146; Th. 183, 18; Exod. 93 : 169; Th. 212, 9; Exod. 536 : 192; Th. 239, 22; Dan. 374. Ðæs fýres gecynd is hát and dríe the nature of fire is hot and dry, Boutr. Scrd. 18, 22, 23. In fýres fæðm into the fire's embrace, Beo. Th. 372; B. 185. Fýres feng grasp of the fire, 3532; B. 1764. Lágon ða óðre fýnd on ðam fýre the other fiends lay in the fire, Cd. 17; Th. 21, 10; Gen. 322 : 24; Th. 31, 19; Gen, 487 : 117; Th. 152, 17; Gen. 2521. Sý hyt forcorfen, and on fýr aworpen excīdētur, et in ignem mittētur, Mt. Bos. 7, 19 : 17, 15 : Mk. Bos. 9, 43 : Lk. Bos. 3, 9 : Jn. Bos. 15, 6. Ne onæle gé nán fýr on ðam dæge non succendētis ignem per diem sabbăti, Ex. 35, 3 : 22, 6. Mid fýre with fire, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 216, 25. He sweartade fýre and áttre he blackened with fire and venom, Cd. 214; Th. 269, 26; Sat. 79 : 220; Th. 284, 21 : Sat. 325 : Beo. Th. 5183; B. 2595. [Wyc. fyr, fire : Piers P. fir : Chauc. fire : R. Glouc. fyur : Laym. fur : Orm. fir : Scot. fyre : Plat. vür, vüer, füer, n : O. Sax. fiur, n : Frs. fjœr : O. Frs. fior, fiur, n : Dut. vuur, n : Ger. feuer, n : M. H. Ger. viur, viuwer, viwer, n : O. H. Ger. fiur, n : Dan. fyr, m. f : Swed. fyr, m. a lighthouse, beacon : Icel. fúrr, m. fire : Lat. prūna, f. a burning coal : Grk. πuρ, n.] DER. ád-fýr, æled-, bǽl-, heáh-, heaðo-, helle-, líg-, wæl-, wælm-, wan-, won-. fyr