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yfel-dǽde

  • noun [ masculine ]
  • adjective
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yfel-dǽde, adj.: yfel-dǽda, an; m.
Of evil deeds; a person of evil deeds
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  • Gif hé nǽre yfeldǽde (

    malefactor

    ), ne sealde wé hine ðé,
      Jn. Skt. 18, 30.

  • Ðá féng his sunu tó his ríce swýðe yfeldǽda,

      Homl. Skt. i. 18, 228. ¶
    with special reference to magical practices :-- Gif hwylc yfeldǽde man þurh ǽnigne æfþancan óþerne begaleþ, Lchdm. i. 190, 9.

  • Unlybwyrhta veneficus, yfeldǽda maleficus, drý

    magus,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 74, 40.

  • Swá swá yfeldǽda

    ut magus (maleficus ),

      Hpt. Gl. 487, 61.

  • Mǽden wyrst swelt, for ðí yfeldǽda (

    malefica

    ) and wyrtgælstre,
      Lchdm. iii. 186, 11.

  • Ðæra manna naman ðe wǽron entas and yfeldǽde,

      Homl. Th. i. 22, 31.
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v. unriht-dǽde, -dǽda. Cf. yfel-weorc.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “yfel-dǽde.” 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/37063.

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