fylþu

Old English

Alternative forms

fȳlþ

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fūliþu. Equivalent to fūl +‎ -þu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfyːl.θu/, [ˈfyːɫ.θu]

Noun

fȳlþu f

filth
(figurative) moral impurity, foul practice

Declension

Declension of fylþu (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	fȳlþu	fȳlþa, fȳlþe
accusative	fȳlþe	fȳlþa, fȳlþe
genitive	fȳlþe	fȳlþa
dative	fȳlþe	fȳlþum

Descendants

Middle English: fülthe, felthe, filthe
- Scots: fylth, filth
- English: filth

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “fȳlþ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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