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a-fyllan

  • verb [ weak ]
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a-fyllan, = a-fellan; p. de; pp. ed; v. a. [a, fyllan, fellan to fell]
To fell, to strike or beat down, to overturn, subvert, lay low, abolish, slay; cædere, occidere, prosternere, dejicere, demoliri, comprimere, abrogare
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  • Gif mon afelle [MS. B. afylle] on wuda wel monega treówa

    if any one fell in a wood a good many trees,

    • L. In. 43; Th. i. 128, 19
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  • Drihten afylþ ðíne fýnd

    the Lord will strike down thine enemies,

    • Deut. 28, 7
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  • Hí to eorþan afyllaþ ðé

    ad terram prosternent te,

    • Lk. Bos. 19, 44
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    • Salm. Kmbl. 595
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    • Sal. 297
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  • Afylde hine

    he felled him,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 917
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    • Sal. 458
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  • Wæs Waldendes lof afylled

    the supreme ruler's praise was suppressed,

    • Chr. 975; Th. 228, 10
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    • Edg. 38
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  • Hú man mæg unlage afyllan

    how one may abolish unjust laws,

    • L.C.S. 11; Th. i. 382, 8
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  • Gif hwá óðres ryht afylle

    if any one suppress another's right,

    • L. Ath. i. 17; Th. i. 208, 16
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    • L. Eth. vi. 8; Th. i. 316, 26
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  • Ðæt hine man afylle

    that any one slay him,

    • 38; Th. i. 324, 23 : v. 31
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    • Th. i. 312, 12
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v. be-fyllan, ge-.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “a-fyllan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/1161.

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