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y
fel
N (neut, a-stem)
evil
, ill
Source:
https://bosworthtoller.com/37057
Attested in
Aelfric's Colloquy 2
("yfele"),
Bede's Death Song
("yfeles")
originates from: PGmc
*ubilaz
"evil, bad" (ubilaz
>
uβila
>
uβil
>
yβil
>
yfil
>
yfel) through pgmc-to-oe
Inflected forms
yfeles
"evil
.gen
" (
oe-gen
)
yfele
"evil
.dat
" (
oe-dat
)
Paradigms