adj. (ptcpl.) I. 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), ne ðé wé gisaldun hine, Jn. Skt. Rush. 18, 30. Yfelwyrcende nequam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 23: 13, 38. Mið yfelwyrcendum and synfullum cum publicanis et peccatoribus, 9, 11. Hé hataþ ða yfelwyrcendan and ða unrihtwísan, Homl. Skt. i. 1, 48. II. of things, noxious, hurtful, mischievous :-- Ðerh wyrto yfelwyrcendo per herbas malificas, Rtl. 103, 1. yfel-wyrcende