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yfel

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yfel, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§112; §183; §215; §216; §223; §293; §430; §445; §553; §639;
Evil, ill, bad
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  • Yfel

    malus,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 74, 47.
in a moral sense
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  • Yfel mann of yfelum goldborde bringð yfel forð,

      Mt. Kmbl. 12, 35.

  • Hié nǽnigo firen ne gewundode, ne yfel gewitnes (

    witness of wrong-doing

    ) ne wrégde,
      Blickl. Homl. 161, 33.

  • Ðæt ðǽr mæge yfelu uncyst on eardian,

      37, 10.

  • Se yfela déma onféhþ medmycclum feó, and onwendeþ ðone rihtan dóm,

      61, 30.

  • Se yfela þeów,

      Mt. Kmbl. 24, 48.

  • Se yfela willa,

      Bt. 36, 7; Fox 184, 31.

  • Se yfela unrihtwísa cynincg,

      Met. 15, 1.

  • Fram yfelum menn

    ab homine malo,

      Ps. Th. 139, 1.

  • Yflum,

      Exon. Th. 96, 20; Cri. 1577.

  • From ðære inwitfullan yflan tungan

    a lingua dolosa,

      Ps. Th. 119, 3.

  • Ne sette ic mé fore eágum yfele wísan (

    rem malam

    ),
      100, 3.

  • Synnigra cirm, yfele sprǽce,

      Cd. Th. 145, 20; Gen. 2408.

  • Áfyr fram ðé ða yfelan sǽlþa and ða unnettan, and ðone yflan ege ðisse worulde,

      Bt. 6; Fox 14, 33.

  • Yfele men magon yfel dón,

      36, 7; Fox 184, 4: Blickl. Homl. 45, 23.

  • Yfele geþancas,

      Mk. Skt. 7, 21.

  • Hyra weorc wǽron yfele,

      Jn. Skt. 3, 19.

  • Se anweald ðara yflena cymþ of unþeáwum,

      Bt. 36, 7; Fox 182, 26.

  • Ic tó yflum cwæð

    dixi iniquis,

      Ps. Th. 74, 4: Exon. Th. 57, 15; Cri. 919.

  • Yfflum,

      Blickl. Homl. 33, 22.

  • Yfelum wordum,

      39, 3.

  • He wile gesceáwian wlitige and unclǽne, tile and yfle,

      Cd. Th. 303, 10; Sat. 610.

  • Hé áraþ ða gódan, and hé wítnaþ ða yfelan,

      Bt. 41, 2; Fox 246, 20.
of things,
bad, not good of its kind
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  • Sió yfele gillestre and ðæt yfele blód,

      Lchdm. ii. 148, 6.

  • Gif eáran willen ádeáfian, oþþe yfel hlyst sié . . . Gif mon yfelne hlyst hæbbe (cf. wiþ yfelre hlyste,

      2, 13), 40, 22-26.

  • Nys gód treów ðe yfelne wæstm déð, ne nis yfel treów gódne wæstm dónde,

      Lk. Skt. 6, 43.

  • Heó is on onsýne útan yfeles heówes,

      Blickl. Homl. 197, 11.

  • Ðá gecuron hig ða gódan (fiscas) on hyra fatu, ða yflan hig áwurpon út,

      Mt. Kmbl. 13, 48.
of what is grievous, hurtful, etc.,
of animate objects
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  • Yfel wiht

    phantasma,

      Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 49.

  • Hé sealde yfelan wyrme hiora wyrta,

      Ps. Th. 77, 46.

  • Hí ǽtan yfle tostan,

      77, 45.

  • Hé gehǽlde manega of yfelum (yflum,

      Lind.) gástum. Lk. Skt. 7, 21.
of things
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  • Yfel gesihð

    malus oculus,

      Mk. Skt. 7, 22.

  • Yfel wyrd

    bad fortune,

      Bt. 40, 2; Fox 236, 22.

  • Him ðæs æfter becwom yfel endeleán,

      Cd. Th. 227, 15; Dan. 187.

  • Ðorn byð þearle scearp, anfengys yfel (

    bad to take hold of

    ), Runic pm.
      Kmbl. 340, 1; Rún. 3.

  • Ic hit mid yfelre bysene inc forgylde,

      Blickl. Homl. 189, 25.

  • Yfele habban sorge,

      Exon. Th. 376, 32; Seel. 163.

  • Earmne gehýnan yflum yrmþum,

      280, 24; Jul. 634.

  • Ic wíte þolade, yfel earfeþu,

      89, 6; Cri. 1453.
Etymology
[Goth. ubils: O. Sax. uƀil: O. Frs. evel: O. H. Ger. ubil.]
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v. wirsa.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “yfel.” 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/37058.

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