"yfel" meaning in Old English

See yfel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈy.fel/, [ˈy.vel]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *ubil, from Proto-Germanic *ubilaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*ubil}} Proto-West Germanic *ubil, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*ubilaz}} Proto-Germanic *ubilaz Head templates: {{ang-adj||wiersa|wierrest}} yfel (comparative wiersa, superlative wierrest) Inflection templates: {{ang-adecl|yfel}} Forms: wiersa [comparative], wierrest [superlative], strong [table-tags], yfel [masculine, nominative, singular], yfel [feminine, nominative, singular], yfel [neuter, nominative, singular], yfelne [accusative, masculine, singular], yfele [accusative, feminine, singular], yfel [accusative, neuter, singular], yfeles [genitive, masculine, singular], yfelre [feminine, genitive, singular], yfeles [genitive, neuter, singular], yfelum [dative, masculine, singular], yfelre [dative, feminine, singular], yfelum [dative, neuter, singular], yfele [instrumental, masculine, singular], yfelre [feminine, instrumental, singular], yfele [instrumental, neuter, singular], yfele [masculine, nominative, plural], yfela [feminine, nominative, plural], yfele [feminine, nominative, plural], yfel [neuter, nominative, plural], yfele [accusative, masculine, plural], yfela [accusative, feminine, plural], yfele [accusative, feminine, plural], yfel [accusative, neuter, plural], yfelra [genitive, masculine, plural], yfelra [feminine, genitive, plural], yfelra [genitive, neuter, plural], yfelum [dative, masculine, plural], yfelum [dative, feminine, plural], yfelum [dative, neuter, plural], yfelum [instrumental, masculine, plural], yfelum [feminine, instrumental, plural], yfelum [instrumental, neuter, plural], weak [table-tags], yfela [masculine, nominative, singular], yfele [feminine, nominative, singular], yfele [neuter, nominative, singular], yfelan [accusative, masculine, singular], yfelan [accusative, feminine, singular], yfele [accusative, neuter, singular], yfelan [genitive, masculine, singular], yfelan [feminine, genitive, singular], yfelan [genitive, neuter, singular], yfelan [dative, masculine, singular], yfelan [dative, feminine, singular], yfelan [dative, neuter, singular], yfelan [instrumental, masculine, singular], yfelan [feminine, instrumental, singular], yfelan [instrumental, neuter, singular], yfelan [masculine, nominative, plural], yfelan [feminine, nominative, plural], yfelan [neuter, nominative, plural], yfelan [accusative, masculine, plural], yfelan [accusative, feminine, plural], yfelan [accusative, neuter, plural], yfelra [genitive, masculine, plural], yfelena [genitive, masculine, plural], yfelra [feminine, genitive, plural], yfelena [feminine, genitive, plural], yfelra [genitive, neuter, plural], yfelena [genitive, neuter, plural], yfelum [dative, masculine, plural], yfelum [dative, feminine, plural], yfelum [dative, neuter, plural], yfelum [instrumental, masculine, plural], yfelum [feminine, instrumental, plural], yfelum [instrumental, neuter, plural]
  1. bad
    Sense id: en-yfel-ang-adj-LwXUtonS
  2. bad in a moral sense, evil
    Sense id: en-yfel-ang-adj-ja8hCZ8S Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 20 0 46 33 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 34 0 37 27 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 0 42 31 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: efel, eofel

Noun

IPA: /ˈy.fel/, [ˈy.vel]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *ubil, from Proto-Germanic *ubilaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*ubil}} Proto-West Germanic *ubil, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*ubilaz}} Proto-Germanic *ubilaz Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=n|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} yfel n, {{ang-noun|n}} yfel n Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-n|yfel}}, {{ang-decl-noun|yfel|yfel|yfel|yfel|yfeles|yfela|yfele|yfelum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], yfel [nominative, singular], yfel [nominative, plural], yfel [accusative, singular], yfel [accusative, plural], yfeles [genitive, singular], yfela [genitive, plural], yfele [dative, singular], yfelum [dative, plural]
  1. something bad or bad things collectively; harm, misfortune Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-yfel-ang-noun-Hp9VsLW5 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 34 0 37 27 1
  2. evil Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-yfel-ang-noun-tcH7Lvxt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: efel, eofel, un- [adjective], gal, unweorþ, trag Derived forms: yfele (english: badly), yfelian (english: to wrong), yfelsacian (english: to blaspheme), yfelwillende (english: malicious)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "yvel",
            "3": "uvel",
            "4": "evel"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: yvel, uvel, evel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: yvel, uvel, evel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "evil"
          },
          "expansion": "English: evil",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: evil"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "evil",
            "3": "ewil"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: evil, ewil",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: evil, ewil"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*ubil"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *ubil",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*ubilaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ubilaz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *ubil, from Proto-Germanic *ubilaz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wiersa",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wierrest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfeles",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfeles",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfela",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfela",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfela",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "wiersa",
        "3": "wierrest"
      },
      "expansion": "yfel (comparative wiersa, superlative wierrest)",
      "name": "ang-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yfel"
      },
      "name": "ang-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bad"
      ],
      "id": "en-yfel-ang-adj-LwXUtonS",
      "links": [
        [
          "bad",
          "bad"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 0 46 33 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 0 37 27 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 0 42 31 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bad in a moral sense, evil"
      ],
      "id": "en-yfel-ang-adj-ja8hCZ8S",
      "links": [
        [
          "bad",
          "bad"
        ],
        [
          "evil",
          "evil"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈy.fel/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈy.vel]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "efel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "eofel"
    }
  ],
  "word": "yfel"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "good",
      "word": "gōd"
    },
    {
      "english": "good",
      "word": "til"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "badly",
      "word": "yfele"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to wrong",
      "word": "yfelian"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to blaspheme",
      "word": "yfelsacian"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "malicious",
      "word": "yfelwillende"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "yvel",
            "3": "uvel",
            "4": "evel"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: yvel, uvel, evel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: yvel, uvel, evel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "evil"
          },
          "expansion": "English: evil",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: evil"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "evil",
            "3": "ewil"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: evil, ewil",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: evil, ewil"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*ubil"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *ubil",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*ubilaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ubilaz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *ubil, from Proto-Germanic *ubilaz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfel",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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}
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        "plural"
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        "plural"
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      "english": "good",
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      "word": "yfelian"
    },
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      "english": "to blaspheme",
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    {
      "form": "yfel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfeles",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfela",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfelum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "yfel n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "yfel n",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yfel"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-n"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yfel",
        "2": "yfel",
        "3": "yfel",
        "4": "yfel",
        "5": "yfeles",
        "6": "yfela",
        "7": "yfele",
        "8": "yfelum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "something bad or bad things collectively; harm, misfortune"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bad",
          "bad"
        ],
        [
          "harm",
          "harm"
        ],
        [
          "misfortune",
          "misfortune"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies\n...;sē ūs ġescylt wið eallum yfellum.\n...;He shieldeth us against every evil.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "evil"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "evil",
          "evil"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈy.fel/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈy.vel]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "un-"
    },
    {
      "word": "gal"
    },
    {
      "word": "unweorþ"
    },
    {
      "word": "trag"
    },
    {
      "word": "efel"
    },
    {
      "word": "eofel"
    }
  ],
  "word": "yfel"
}

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