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Old English · adjective

yfel

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈy.fel/
[ˈy.vel]
Syllables
ˈy · fel (2 syllables)
Modern English
evilbadmisfortunecollectivelythingssomethingharmmoral

yfel1 · adjective

Senses

  1. bad

  2. bad in a moral sense, evil

Declension

Strong declension of yfel
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative yfelyfelyfel
Accusative yfelneyfeleyfel
Genitive yfelesyfelreyfeles
Dative yfelumyfelreyfelum
Instrumental yfeleyfelreyfele
Plural
Nominative yfeleyfelayfeleyfel
Accusative yfeleyfelayfeleyfel
Genitive yfelrayfelrayfelra
Dative yfelumyfelumyfelum
Instrumental yfelumyfelumyfelum
Weak declension of yfel
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative yfelayfeleyfele
Accusative yfelanyfelanyfele
Genitive yfelanyfelanyfelan
Dative yfelanyfelanyfelan
Instrumental yfelanyfelanyfelan
Plural
Nominative yfelanyfelanyfelan
Accusative yfelanyfelanyfelan
Genitive yfelrayfelenayfelrayfelenayfelrayfelena
Dative yfelumyfelumyfelum
Instrumental yfelumyfelumyfelum

yfel2 · noun · neuter

Senses

  1. something bad or bad things collectively; harm, misfortune

  2. evil

    ...;sē ūs ġescylt wið eallum yfellum....;He shieldeth us against every evil.

    late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of yfel
SingularPlural
Nominative yfelyfelyflu
Accusative yfelyfelyflu
Genitive yfelesyflesyfelayfla
Dative yfeleyfleyfelumyflum

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ubil, from Proto-Germanic *ubilaz.

Descendants

evil

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