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yfeles

evil.gen

Consistency issue

Gloss specified for derived word

Attested in Bede's Death Song

Lemma: yfel 'evil' (oe-gen)

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