Geond-felan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - geond-felan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-feolan:

geond-felan
p. -fæl, pl. -fǽlon; pp. -folen [cf. (?) Goth. filhan: Icel. fela to hide; hence to give into one's keeping; so geondfolen fýre = utterly given up to fire. Or may folen be taken from the literal meaning and so geondfolen compare with the preceding participle geinnod? The meaning of the verb in any case seems to be] To fill throughout; mplere, Cd. 2; Th. 3, 29; Gen. 43. geond-felan
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