un-nytwirðe
Not fit for use ⬩ useless ⬩ unprofitable ⬩ unserviceable
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Wé beóð gehátene yfele þeówan and unnytwyrðe, Homl. Ass. 57, 150. Unnytwyrþe gewordene hig synt inutiles facti sunt, Ps. Lamb. 52, 4
eáge
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Add: eáge, es Eáge yfel oculus malus, Scint. 102, 15. On prince eáges in ictu oculi, 43, 16. Hí ne móston cuman on his eágon gesihðe, Chr. 1048; P. 174, 10, Þú gesáwe mot on þínes bróðor eáge, and ne gesáwe cyp on þínum ágenum eágan, R. Ben. 12, 4.
sceorfan
To gnaw ⬩ bite ⬩ scarify
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To gnaw, bite, scarify Se (hiccup) cymþ of yfelum wǽtan slítendum and sceorfendum ðone magan. Gif se seóca man áspíwþ ðone yfelan bítendan wǽtan on weg, ðonne forstent se geohsa.
Linked entries: ge-sceorpan scearfian scyrfe-mús
léc
Look ⬩ sight
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Look, sight Wé sceolon áwendan úrne léc fram yfelre gesihþe, urne hlyst fram yfelre sprǽce, Homl. Th. ii. 374, 3
Linked entry: fram-léce
lǽce-wyrht
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Leech-work, medical treatment Mín ádlige cneów is yfele gehæfd, þæt ne mihte nán lǽcewyrht áwiht gelíðian, þeah ðe heó gelóme tó geléd wǽre ( diu est quod molestia genu tumentis oppressus nulla cujuslibet medicorum industria possum sanari, Vit.
holc
A hollow, ⬩ cavity
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A hollow, cavity: Weaxeþ ðæt yfele blód on ðám holcum ðæs líchoman the evil blood increases in the hollow parts of the body, L. M. 1, 72; Lchdm. ii. 148, 7. On ðám holcum ðære lifre in the hollows of the liver, Lchdm. ii. 160, 26
Linked entry: healoc
á-sígan
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Ásigen tó yfele, Bt. 24, 4; F. 84, 28. Add
un-hlísa
Ill-fame ⬩ evil report ⬩ discredit ⬩ infamy
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Sume swíðe yfele férdon ... and yfele geendodon on heora unhlísan, Ælfc. T. Grn. 8, 10. Ða wíf ðe heora ǽwe healdaþ wið unhlísan, Homl. Ass. 39, 376: 108, 208
for-cirran
to turn ⬩ avoid ⬩ pervert ⬩ subvert
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., and add: to turn (intrans.) aside from, get out of the way of, avoid Ǽghwylce yfele fótswaðu him ongeán cumende hé forbúgeþ, for ðon se yfela man hyne forcyrreþ, Lch. i. 318, 23.
Linked entries: for-búgan for-cyrran
forþ-heald
bent forwards ⬩ inclined from the perpendicular ⬩ prone to ⬩ sloping ⬩ inclined to the horizontal
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Add: bent forwards, inclined from the perpendicular; fig. prone to Andgit and geþóht menniscre heortan syndon forðhealde tó yfele ( in malum prona ), Gen. 8, 21. sloping, inclined to the horizontal Se weg is rúm and forðheald þe tó deáðe and tó hellewíte
for-glendran
To eat greedily ⬩ devour voraciously ⬩ lurcāri ⬩ devŏrāre
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Ealle heora snytru beóþ yfele forglendred omnis săpientia eōrum devŏrāta est, Ps. Th. 106, 26; Blickl. Horn. 99, 9. Forglendred serviunculus? Wrt. Voc. 290, 49. Forglendrad conglūtĭnātus? = glūtĭtus devoured, vel glūtĭnātus glued together, Ps.
be-bindan
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Þæt Iudéisce cyn is yfele bebunden mid þám ðe hí cwǽdon be Crístes blóde, Hml. Th. ii. 252, 31. Add
swæðer
Whichever of two ⬩ either. . . or. . . ⬩ whichever, whether. . . or
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Hí móston dón swá gód swá yfel, swæþor swá hí woldon, 41, 2; Fox 246, 2
Linked entry: swaðor
wild-deór
A wild animal ⬩ wild beast
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Ic áfyrre yfel wilddeór ( malas bestias ). Lev. 26, 6. Ealle yfele wilddeór, Lchdm. i. 202, 13. Wildeór, Lev. 26, 22 : feras Ps. Th. 67, 27. Nétena oððe wildeór, Bt. 38, 2 ; Fox 196, 18. Hwylce wildeór ( feras ) swýþost ge-féhst ðú ?
Linked entry: wildedeór
for-sittan
to stop up
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Gehnescige mid þý ꝥ forsetene yfel, 212, 16
ge-geótan
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Add: to pour a liquid Yfel wǽte bið gegoten on ꝥ lim, Lch. ii. 284, 28. to pour molten metal, found, cast Þú gegute fundasti, Ps. Spl. T. 88, 12. Hig habbað him gegoten án gylden cealf fecerunt sibi vitulum conflatilem, Ex. 32, 8.
spornan
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Yfel bið ðé sylfum ꝥ ðú spurne ongeán ðá gáde, Hml. Th. i. 386, 9. to strike against with the foot, stumble upon Hí spurnon mid hyra fótum æt (on, v. l.) þám hálgan were in ipso impingebat, Gr.
on-tyhting
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instigation, incitement Ná ealle yfele geþancu úre symle deófles ontihtincge beóð áwehte non omnes male cogitationes nostrae semper diaboli instinctu excitantur, Scint. 139, 11. intention, resolution Stefen sealmsanges þænne heó þurh ontihtincge (intentionem
hearmian
to da harm to
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Ǽlc man þe yfel déþ . . . þeáh þe hit sumum fremige, and ǽlc man þe gód déð . . . þeáh þe hit hearmige sumum, Hml. S. 27, 173. Hé him hearmian nolde, 23, 311.
ge-fadian
to arrange, set in order material objects ⬩ to ornament, adorn :-- ⬩ to dispose of property ⬩ to order conduct, action, life, manage a matter ⬩ to arrange the order of procedure :-- ⬩ of the ordering by superhuman power,
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S. 3, 285. to order conduct, action, life, manage a matter Yfele þú gefadast þínne rǽd, Hml. S. 3, 303. Gif hé his weorc mid wísdóme gefadað, 1, 235. Þæt gehíwode yfel deófol sylf gefadað and gehýwað to þám þæt þæt ðincð gód, Wlfst. 54, 9.