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evil.dat

Lemma: yfel "evil" (oe-dat)

yfel

N (neut, a-stem)

evil, ill

originates from: PGmc *ubilaz "evil, bad" (ubilaz > uβila > uβil > yβil > yfil > yfel) through pgmc-to-oe
Inflected forms
yfeles "evil.gen" (oe-gen) in Bede's Death Song
yfele "evil.dat" (oe-dat) in Aelfric's Colloquy 2
Paradigms