yfel
Evil, ill, bad ⬩ of things, bad, not good of its kind ⬩ of what is grievous, hurtful, etc.,
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Evil, ill, bad Yfel malus, Wrt. Voc. i. 74, 47. in a moral sense 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.
yfel
Evil, ill ⬩ what is hurtful, grievous ⬩ of disease ⬩ of abusive speech
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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.
yfel
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Gemyne hé ðæs yfles (yfeles, v. l. ) þe hé worhte, 24, 3. Ðæt hé tó yfle gedyde, 35, 9. Ðý lǽs hié hit mid ðǽm óðrum yfle (yfele, v. l. ) geiéce, 312, 11. Mid ðǽm ánum yfle, 358, 20. Ðá diéglan yfel habbað écne gewutan, 449, 1.
yfel
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Hé wæs swíþe yfel monn ealra þeáwa, búton ꝥ hé wæs céne, Ors. 6, 14; S. 268, 27. Add
yfel-dǽde
Of evil deeds; a person of evil deeds
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Of evil deeds; a person of evil deeds 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
yfel-cweþan
maledicere
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glosses maledicere Se ðe yflecuoeðas ł woerges maledixerit ðæm feder, Mt. Kmbl. 15, 4. Fícbeám ðæm ðú yfle-cuoede maledixisti Mk. Skt. 11, 21. Yfelcweþende hine maledicentes ei, Ps. Spl. 36, 23
yfel-dǽd
an evil deed, misdeed, sin ⬩ an injurious deed, injury, mischief
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Similar entries v. yfel, I Dón sóðe bóte úre yfeldǽda, Blickl. Homl. 99, 1: Exon. Th. 285, 12; Jul. 713. Ðú scealt andettan yfeldǽda má, 269, 27; Jul. 456. Ða gesceafta ðe sind þwyrlíce geðúhte, hí sind tó wrace gesceapene yfeldǽdum, Homl.
yfel-wyrde
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Given to use bad or abusive language Gif mon bið ácenned on Frígedæg . . . hé yfele cræftas leornað, and he æfre bið yfelwyrde, E. S. 39, 354
yfel-cweþan
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Add:: cf. wearg-cweþan
yfel-dǽda
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Ne ðú ðeófum ne ólǽce, ne yfeldǽdum ne geðwǽrlǽce, Hml. S. 21, 361. Add
yfel-sacung
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Add:: blasphemy Hé on ðǽre yfelsacunge swealt, Gr. D. 290, 2. Swá hwylc man yfelsacunge sǽde on þone Hálgan Gást, 328, 7. Wé gehýrdon his yfelsacunga, Nap. 88
yfel-dónd
An evil-doer, malefactor
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An evil-doer, malefactor Yfeldóend malefactor, Jn. Skt. Lind. 18, 30
yfel-ádl
cacexia,
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glosses cacexia, Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 43
yfel-cund
Of evil nature, malignant
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Of evil nature, malignant Se yfelcunda malignus, Ps. Lamb. 14, 4. Yfelcundra malignantium, 21, 17
yfel-wyrcende
evil-doing, wicked ⬩ noxious, hurtful, mischievous
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of persons, evil-doing, wicked Hwæþer ðú ongite ðæt ǽlc yfelwillende and ǽlc yfelwyrcende sié wítes wyrþe? . . . Hú ne is se ðonne yfelwillende and yfelwyrcende ðe ðone unscyldgan wítnaþ? Bt. 38, 6; Fox 208, 8-11. Gif ne wére ðes yfelwyrcende malefactor
yfel-willende
Ill-disposed, wicked
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Ill-disposed, wicked Hwæþer ðú ongite ðæt ǽlc yfelwillende mon and ǽlc yfelwyrcende sié wítes wyrþe? . . . Hú ne is se ðonne yfelwillende and yfelwyrcende ðe ðone unscyldigan wítnaþ? omnem improbum num supplicio dignum negas? . . . Infelices esse, qui
yfel-onbecweþende
yfel-sacian
To calumniate
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To calumniate Ðe læs hé mé yfelsacode wið God, Blickl. Homl. 189, 24
Linked entry: eoful-sæc
yfel-líc
Bad, foul, rotten
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Bad, foul, rotten. Ðysse worulde wela is gebrosnadlíc and yfellíc and forwordenlíc, Wulfst. 263, 13. Twégen león ádulfan his byrgenne on ðæs wéstenes sande; ðǽr resteþ Paules líchoma mid yfelíce duste bewrigen, ac on dómes dæge hé áríseþ on wuldor, Shrn
yfel-sprǽce
Of evil speech, evil-speaking
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Of evil speech, evil-speaking Ða yfelsprǽcan tungan linguam maliloquam, Ps. Th. 11, 3