yfele
Old English
Alternative forms
- yfle
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈyfele/, [ˈyvele]
Adverb
yfele (adjective yfel, comparative wyrs, superlative wyrrest)
- badly, poorly
- Hē plegode yfele, ac iċ plegode ġīet wyrs.
- He played badly, but I played even worse.
- Þæt ċild ġebǣrde yfele.
- The child behaved badly.
- c. 900, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
- Līfes bōc and þrōwunge Sancte Anastase martyre, sēo wæs yfele of Crēcisċe on Lǣden ġehwierfed and ġīet wyrs fram sumum unġetȳdum ġerihted, iċ ġerihte swā swā iċ meahte.
- A book of the life and passion of Saint Anastasius, which was poorly translated from Greek into Latin by some illiterate person and then revised even worse, I corrected as well as I could.
- Līfes bōc and þrōwunge Sancte Anastase martyre, sēo wæs yfele of Crēcisċe on Lǣden ġehwierfed and ġīet wyrs fram sumum unġetȳdum ġerihted, iċ ġerihte swā swā iċ meahte.
- evilly, wickedly
Synonyms
- untela
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