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

1. filth
2. (figurative) moral impurity, foul practice

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	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^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.