Yfel-wyrde

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - yfel-wyrde

According to the Old English Dictionary:

yfel-wyrde
adj. 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. [Cf. Icel. íll-oðr abusive.] yfel-wyrde
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