Yfel

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - yfel

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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yfel
n. Add : I. moral evil :-- Hé cwæð ðæt ǽlces yfles fruma wǽre ofermétta, Past. 300, 4. Gemyne hé ðæs yfles (yfeles, ) 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. In him wunnon þá yfel his líchaman wið þám weorce his ælmesdǽda, Gr. D. 320, 18. Ðá lytlan yflu gé fleóð, Past. 439, 26. II. what is hurtful or grievous :-- Þonne hí mǽst tó yfele gedón hæfdon, Chr. 1011; P. 141, 19. Hwá is þæt þe eall ðá yfel þe hí dónde wǽron ásecgean mæge?, Ors. 1, 8; S. 42, 16. Eal þá monigfealdan yfel, 2, 5 ; S. 86, 15. Hí him ondrǽden ðá écan yflu, Past. 393, 29. yfel

Related words: l.

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