Ge-yflian

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-yflian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-yflian
Add: I. to injure (physically) :-- Sē þe man ofslehd binnan ciricderum, sylle þǣre cirican .cxx. scill. . . . Sē þe cwicne on þǣre mundbyrde geyfelige (he who in a church injures a man without killing him), sylle .xxx. scill., Ll. Th. i. 332, ll. II. used impersonally, (l) with dat. of person who falls sick :-- Him geyfelode þǣr hē mid þām cynge sæt he was taken ill while sitting with the king, Chr. 1053 ; P. 185, 13 : 1086; P. 218, 37. (2) with acc. of person :-- Nam hē his feorme on Wuldahām, and on þām ōdran wolde, ac hine geyflade (sed infirmatits est), Cht. Th. 272, 29 (the Latin version is 275, 9). ge-yflian
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