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yfel

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
yfel, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§112; §183; §215; §216; §223; §293; §430; §445; §553; §639;
Evil, ill:
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  • Gód bonum, yfel

    malum,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 74, 49.
in a moral sense
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  • Ða ðe him biþ unwítnode eall hiora yfel on ðisse worulde,

      Bt. 38, 3; Fox 200, 26.
  • Hwæt yfeles dyde þes? Mt. Kmbl. 27, 23.
  • Dǽdbóte dón ðæs mycelan yfeles and mánes, ðe hié wið heora Drihten gedydon,

      Blickl. Homl. 79, 6.
  • Ðone besmítan ðe ðú nánwiht yfeles on nystest,

      85, 36.
  • Yfeles ordfruma,

      Cd. Th. 288, 1; Sat. 374.
  • Hé ðæs yfeles geswíce, Hy. 2, 8: Met. 9, 52, Forðhealde tó yfele

    in malum prona,

      Gen. 8, 21: Hy. 7, 113.
  • For rihtwísnysse hé sceal habban andan tó hira yfele,

      Past. 12; S. 75, 14.
  • Beó nú on yfele, noldæs ǽr teala,

      Cd. Th. 310, 26; Sat. 733.
  • Ic syngade and mycel yfel beforan ðé ic gedyde,

      Blickl. Homl. 87, 30.
  • Leahtra gehwylcne, yfel unclǽne,

      Exon. Th. 80, 21; Cri. 1310: Past. 21; Swt. 157, 23.
  • Ealle ðæt yfel and ðæt unnet, ðæt hé ǽr on his móde hæfde,

      Bt. 35, 1; Fox 154, 26.
  • Gýtsung, mán, . . . stuntscipe, ealle ðás yfelu of ðam innoðe cumaþ, and ðone man besmítaþ,

      Mk. Skt. 7, 23.
  • Ðæt hé feala yfla sægde,

      Blickl. Homl. 173, 20.
  • Yfla gehwylc, grimme gieltas,

      Exon. Th. 229, 25; Ph. 460.
  • Tó eácan óþrum unárímedum yflum hé ðone pápan hét ofsleán,

      Bt. 1; Fox 2, 11.
  • Hié nǽnige bóte dón noldan, ah hié on heora yfelum þurhwunedon,

      Blickl. Homl. 79, 8: Ps. Th. 105, 25.
  • Ic ðé þreáge and ðé cýðe eal ðás yflu,

      49, 23.
what is hurtful, grievous
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  • Hú mycel yfel ðé gelamp for ðínre gítsunge,

      Blickl. Homl. 31, 13.
  • Nú is ǽghwanon yfel and slege,

      115, 16: 181, 32.
  • Is mín yfel twyfeald

    I am doubly injured,

      175, 13.
  • Is sáwl mín sáres and yfeles gefylled

    repleta est malis anima mea,

      Ps. Th. 87, 3: 106, 38.
  • Ǽgðer hyra óðrum yfles hogode,

      Byrht. Th. 135, 45; By. 133: Exon. Th. 54, 28; Cri. 875.
  • Bydelas ðæs écan yfeles, ðe yfelum mannum becymð,

      Homl. Th. ii. 538, 23.
  • Ða fuglas ús nǽnige láðe ne yfle ne wǽron

    aves non nobis perniciem ferentes,

      Nar. 16, 18.
  • Hé wile hit him mid grimnesse and mid yfele forgyldan,

      Blickl. Homl. 55, 25.
  • Hé nǽnigum yfel wiþ yfele geald,

      223, 33: Elen. Kmbl. 983; El. 493.
  • Hí ðǽr mycel yfel gedydon,

      Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 18: 993; Erl. 133, 3.
  • Ǽlc yfel man him gehét,

      1036; Erl. 165, 22.
  • Ðám ðe mé syrwedan yfel

    qui quaerunt mala mihi,

      Ps. Th. 70, 12.
  • Ealle ðe mé yfel hogedon

    qui cogitant mihi mala,

      69, 3.
  • Heó þolian ne wolde yfel,

      Cd. Th. 136, 26; Gen. 2264: Past. 36; Swt. 261, 4: Exon. Th. 77, 9; Cri. 1254.
  • Fela yfelu sceolon foreyrnon ǽr seó geendung ðissere worulde cume,

      Homl. Th. ii. 538, 22.
  • Ðú mé yfela feala oft oncnyssedest,

      Ps. Th. 70, 19.
  • Ðé gehealde Drihten wyð yfela gehwam

    Dominus custodit te ab omni malo,

      120, 6.
  • Yfla gehwylc,

      Exon. Th. 356, 27; Pa. 18.
  • Ic earfeþa dreág, yfel ormǽtu,

      280, 10; Jul. 627.
  • Ic gegaderie ofer hig yflu (

    mala

    ),
      Cant. M. ad fil. 23. II a. of disease :--
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  • Hit mæg wið ǽghwilcum uncúþum yfele, iii. 288, 17.
  • Wið lungenádle and wið gehwylce yfelu ðe on ðam innoðe dereþ, i. 280, 18. II b. of abusive speech :-- Hié wyrgdon ðone cásere and him yfel cwǽdon, Blickl. Homl. 191, 10. ¶

    the word often occurs in contrast with

    gód :-- Swá ðæs gódan gódnes biþ his ágen gód, swá biþ eác ðæs yfelan yfel his ágen yfel,
      Bt. 37, 3; Fox 190, 15.
  • Hwæþer him yfel þe gód under wunige,

      Exon. Th. 82, 3; Cri. 1333.
  • Ealles ðæs ðe wé geweorhtan gódes oððe yfles,

      447, 21; Dóm. 43: Blickl. Homl. 51, 26.
  • Treów ingehýdes gódes and yfeles,

      Gen. 2, 9.
  • Gódes and yfeles, welan and wáwan,

      Cd. Th. 30, 10; Gen. 465.
  • Gódes and ýfles ic cunnade,

      Exon. Th. 321, 25; Víd.51.
  • Hig woldon gildan gód mid yfele,

      Gen. 44, 4.
  • Swá gód swá yfel swá hé ǽr dyde,

      Blickl. Homl. 101, 30.
  • Se Hálga Gást hié ǽghwylc gód lǽrde and him ǽghwylc yfel bewerede,

      131, 30.
  • Ðurh ða gesceádwísnesse wé tócnáwaþ good and yfel, and geceósaþ ðæt gód and áweorpaþ ðæt yfel,

      Past. 11; Swt. 65, 22.
  • Geþenc ðæt ðú gód onfénge and gelíce Lazarus onféng yfel,

      Lk. Skt. 16, 25.
Etymology
[Goth, ubil: O. Sax. uƀil: O. Frs. evel: O. H. Ger. ubil.]
Linked entries
v.  efel eofel.
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