Yfel-dǽde

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

yfel-dǽde

adj.: yfel-dǽda, an; m. 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 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.

Parole correlate: unriht-dǽde, -dǽda. Cf. yfel-weorc. yfel-dæde