fylþ

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fūliþō.

Noun

fȳlþ f

filth, impurity, rottenness

Declension

Declension of fylþ (strong ō-stem)

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

Descendants

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

References

fȳlþ in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary

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