ge-mæcca
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Ne métte ic nǽfre on mínum lífe swá mycles sáres ne yfeles gemǽccan, Verc. Först. 120, 14
on-bring
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Ealle þá yfelan geþanc þe þé on heortan becumaþ þurh deófles onbrincg, Angl. xii. 513, 24. Add
ge-egesian
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Se wéna ðára tóweardena yfela hié geegesige cum suspecta mala contristant, Past. 395, 2. Ðæt wé úre hiéremenn suá geárige suá wé hié eft geegesian (-egsian, v. l.) mæge ut praelatus subditorum vitam stringere sub disciplinae vinculo possit, 119, 5.
or-wéna
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Hopeless, despairing Ðá wearþ his agen sunu yfele geuntrumed, and orwéna lífes læg æt /orþsíðe, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 301: Beo. Th. 2008 ; B. 1002 : 3134; 6. 1565: Exon. Th. 329, 27; Vy. 40. Friþes orwéna, 261, 25 ; Jul. 320. Ic eom orwéna, ðæt. . .Cd.
Linked entry: -wén
heald
Bent, inclined ⬩ leaning, sloping ⬩ clivus, obliquus, pronus
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Bent, inclined Ðeáh hí síen ásigen tó yfele and ðider healde though they are sunk to evil and thither inclined, Bt. 24, 4; Fox 84, 29. Ealle bióþ of dúne healde wið ðære eorþan all are bent down towards the earth, 41, 6; Fox 254, 28.
earfoþ-fere
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substitute Sume cumað swíðe feorran and habbað swíðe yfelne weig and swíðe earfoðférne, Shrn. 187, 12. Cf. eáþ-fére
ǽ-fæst
religious ⬩ married
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Ben. 119, 7. married Yfel ǽwbryce bið ðæt ǽwfæst (eáw-, v. l.) man mid ǽmtige forlicge, Ll. Th. i. 404, 21. Se apostol áwrát be eáwfæstum werum: 'Lufiað, gé weras, eówere wíf on ǽwe,' Hml. Th. ii. 322, 25. Ic manode ǽwfæste wíf, i. 378, 27
or-mǽte
Immense, excessive
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Ic dreág yfel ormǽtu, Exon. Th. 280, 10; Jul. 627. Þurh ða ormátan éhtnyssa, Homl. Th. i. 6, 2
þeód-sceaþa
A criminal against the community, ⬩ a spoiler of the community, ⬩ a great criminal or spoiler
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Nis nán swá yfel sceaða swá is deófol sylf. Ðonne móton ða hyrdas beón swíðe wacore, ðe wið ðone þeódsceaðan folce sceolon scyldan, L. C. E. 26; Th. i, 374, 22-28: Wulfst. 191, 6-13. Þeódsceada, fýrdraca, Beo. Th. 5369; B. 2688: 4545; B. 2278.
býsnian
an example ⬩ To give or set an example ⬩ exemplum dare
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Gif he yfel býsnige if he give evil example, Homl. Th. ii. 48, 35; L. Edg. C. 66; Th. ii. 258, 17
Linked entries: bisenian bísnian ge-býsnian býsenian býsnigan
ge-tawian
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getawod wæs dum praeparata terra, Bd. 4, 28; Sch. 521, 3. to treat a person (ill), bring or put to shame, of personal action Sume wurdon getawod tó scande some were shamefully entreated, Chr. 1076; P. 212, 28. of the operation of disease Án man wæs yfele
gǽlan
to delay ⬩ to dupe
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Add: to delay For ðǽm gif ús ne lyst ðǽra ǽrrena yfela ðe wé ǽr worhton, ðonne ne gǽlð ús nán ðing te fullfremmanne ðá gódan weorc ðe wé nú wyrceað nisi enim retro aspicerent, erga coeptum studium nullo torpore languerent, Past. 445, 29.
ge-leornian
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Se deófol cann eall þæt yfel and ealle þá drýcræftas þe ǽfre ǽnig ǽfre geleornode, Wlfst. 101, 3. with clause Sé sit on wólberendum setle, sé ðe gesceádwíslíce tócnáwan con gód and yfel, and ðeáh geleornað ðæt hé déð ðæt yfel in cathedra pestilentiae
risoda
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rheum Ða yfelan wǽtan on ðam seócum men ðe biþ swá swá horh oððe risoda oððe gillistre, Lchdm. ii. 282, 11. (?)
ge-héring
A hearing ⬩ hearsay ⬩ tidings ⬩ audītio
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A hearing, hearsay, tidings; audītio Fram ge-héringe yfelre he ne ondrǽt ab audītiōne măla non tĭmēbit, Ps. Lamb. 111, 7
a-spendan
To spend entirely ⬩ consume ⬩ squander ⬩ to spend ⬩ expend ⬩ lay out ⬩ bestow ⬩ distribute ⬩ consumere ⬩ dissipare ⬩ expendere ⬩ sumptum facere ⬩ erogare ⬩ impertiri
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Ic aspende yfele distraho, Ælfc. Gr. 47 ; Som. 48, 52. Ic aspende [asende MS.] oððe gife impertior, 37; Som. 39, 13. Aspendan þearfum to spend on the poor; erogare pauperibus, R. Ben. interl. 58 : Scint. 1
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hel
a pretext
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a pretext Mid yfelan helan earme men beswícaþ with evil pretexts defraud poor men, L. I. P. 12; Th. ii. 320, 18. [?]
wirgende
Given to cursing
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Given to cursing Ne ǽnig man ne gewunie, ðæt hé mid yfelum wordum tó wyriende (wyrgende v. l.) weorðe, Wulfst. 70, 18
yfelian
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Add Þæt mennisce cynn bið á yfeled and á in forwyrd gelǽded omnia mala erunt; interitus generis humani , Verc. Först. 120, 5
horheht
Full of phlegm, phlegmatic
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Full of phlegm, phlegmatic Mid yfelre wǽtan horhehtre, L. M. 2, 28; Lchdm. ii. 224, 9 : 2, 27; Lchdm. ii. 222, 26