Middle English Dictionary Entry
ivel(e adv.
Entry Info
Forms | ivel(e adv. Also (Cornish) elf. |
Etymology | OE yf(e)le. For ME forms, see ivel adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Wickedly, evilly, treacherously; (b) ~ imanered (tached, theued), wicked in behavior; ~ mouthed, slanderous; (c) unfavorably; ~ enfourmed of the, informed of your wickedness; ~ losed, having a bad reputation, ill-reputed.
Associated quotations
a
- a1225(?c1175) PMor.(Lamb 487)170 : Þe sculen habbe herdne dom..Þa þe uuele [vrr. euel, euele] holden wreche men.
- a1200(?c1175) PMor.(Trin-C B.14.52)298 : Þo þe here cristendom euele hielden here.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)6837 : Swa vuele he luuede his lif þat þe scucke hine i-fenge.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)25479 : To þere quene wes his iwune; þat wæs ufele [Otho: vuel] idon.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)149/25 : Sume wel agunnen and euele andeden.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)7815 : King willam..bigan sone to grony..par auntre vor wreche al so vor he dude so vuele þer.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)296 : He hete Men schuld him bring þe children..Þai were souȝt & founde hem nouȝt; Þo he held him iuel bicouȝt.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)2258 : In water þai wald him sink..'Ȝe quite him iuel his swink,' Þe quene seyd to hem.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))John 18.23 : If I haue spokun yuele [WB(2): yuel; L male], bere thou witnessing of yuel.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)6531 : Moyses..herd he..þat his folk ful euil [Ld: il] had don.
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)16273 : Euel [Ld: Eville] at þat word was he herd of þat cursed lede.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.147 : Þe kyng of France & he..Togidere suore þam breþer, wherfor þe clergy Gaf a grete cursyng on whilk of þam so brak, Bigan a wikked þing þat euelle bituex þam spak.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)6/10 : Þat is euyll ydon, For for profyte of the offrynge, þei seye þat it is the cros of oure lord.
- ?c1430(c1383) Wycl.Leaven Pharisees (Corp-C 296)12 : Þei coueiten euyle here neiȝbores wyues and wenchis.
- a1450 Myne awen dere sone (Vsp D.13)928 : And þus, for he dredys no schame, Euyl he forfetys hys gude name.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)10493 : Ector with envy evill he dyssayuet.
- c1450 Metham Physiog.(Gar 141)137/17 : Thei haue smale handys, and thei be pasyng euyldysposyd, malicyus, froward.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)168 : So of malice thei left her redyng, and here teching. Many scoleres went away; thei that abode were evel occupied.
- (1473) RParl.6.35b : William Frost..Thomas Knyght..and other riottous, myschevous, and evyll dispoised persones..made a grete assaute in and uppon the said John Glyn.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)56/150 : Euyll gett good loke þou restore.
- a1500(?1382) Wycl.Wks.Mercy (NC 95)170 : If a man do þis almes to him þat lyveþ yvyl aȝen þe lawe of hys God.
b
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.519 : Thanne hath he redi his aspie..A janglere, an evel mouthed oon, That sche ne mai..speke a word..That he ne wol.it..torne after his oghne entente.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.4466 : Mars..Þi wrath..causest men to be..Vnmerciable & riȝt evele thewed.
- c1450 Metham Days Moon (Gar 141)151/28 : A man-chyld that ys born that day schuld be dysposyd to be evyl tecchyd.
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)83/6 : Moral vicis and synnes, for which we ben to be seid badde and yuel y-manerid and worþi to be punyschid.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)2177 : Þere was nevir vomman kynder to hir child..& þere ageyns, nevir þing so wild Ne so evill-thewid as I was my selff.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)116/1 : He þat hauys a lityll fface bowynge toward ȝalownesse ys wycked, and euyl-techyd, deceyuant, and dronkelew.
c
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)1295 : For who spake of hem yvel or well, They were ashamed never a dell.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)125/17 : I am euyl enformyd of þe; I her seyn þu art a ryth wikked woman.
- 1448 *Glo.Chron.C (Arms 58:Kooper)f.119v : After him regned Sigeberte a crewell man and wikked towarde his owne men and cowarde and vuell losed ayenst strangers.
- 1448 *Glo.Chron.C (Arms 58:Kooper)f.184v : Kyng William Conqueroure .. amonges all the lordes of Normaundye he was strengest, Of all the kynges of Englysshmen tofore him myghtyest, Of all his predecessours most worsshipfull: Wys but ffell and sleigh, Riche but couetous, Glorious but vuell-losed.
2.
(a) With bad results, to bad effect, to the detriment (of sb.), disastrously, wretchedly; (b) with hostility, painfully, cruelly; (c) unfortunately, unluckily.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)16/35 : Þe deofel him andswyrde, 'Ic wearð yfele ilet þurh ænne haliȝe munuc.'
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)8768 : Nabbe ich þe noht swa uuele idon þat sculde þer foren dæd onfon.
- a1300(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Jes-O 29)101/271 : Mony-mon for ayhte vuele iauhteþ.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)948 : Gredi foueles fellen ðor-on; ðat ðogte abram wel iwel don.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1771 : Ðo [q]wað iacob, 'yuel ist bi-togen Min swinc a-buten ðin holðe drogen.'
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)110/8 : We byeþ dyade an euele betake ine þise wordle.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.315 : Þow hast yvel i-doo [L male fecisti].
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3715 : Allas..That trewe loue was euere so yuel biset.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)4424 : Allas! ioseph..For þi leute and þi truthhede, Ful iuel es yolden þe þi mede.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)14.115 : Vuele ben þei suffred, suche [priests] þat shynden masses Throgh hure luþer lyuynge.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)3146 : Who serveth a feloun is yvel quit.
- c1450 Dc.Prov.(Dc 52)p.47 : Euyl spunnun ȝerne comyth euyll oute.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)61 : He is yuele bitaken and lost that is not thanne clothed with these armures.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1192/26 : I pray you remembir what I have done in many placis, and now am I evyll rewarded.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)471/14 : Ye be aboute to amende that that is evel I-do by your necligence of my howses.
b
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)26/11 : Min cnapæ lið æt ham al on paralisim, & he yfele þrowæð.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1903 : Geomagog..brac him bi þon rugge feower of his ribben, vfele he hine mærde.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)4736 : Heo heom imetten & vuele [Otho: huuele] hem igretten.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)63 : Þu tukest wroþe & vuele Whar þu miȝt over smale fuȝele.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)2755 : He hauede..His hand of plat and yuele lamed.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)239/15 : Þo he het þet ha wer riȝt wel ybeate and euele y-draȝe.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)417 : He ys a man..Sarasynz to yule arraye [orig. draft: to quelle].
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)2557 : Tharwiþ miȝt he..do make vp Seynt petris churche, þat þe Sarsynz han yule arayd.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.6039 : Olde Calchas, evele mote he sterue!
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)178/2 : Sche knowyth not me ne non of hir neyborwys; Sche roryth & cryith so þat sche makith folk euyl a-feerd.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)8228 : The grekes..Turnit to the Troiens, tenit hom full euill.
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)23/11 : They..plucked eche other bi the here of the hede right euell.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)105/23 : Thy dethe shall be evyl bought and I lyve.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)959/28 : Thys sir Prydam..wounded sir Bors full evyll.
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)134 : The troyens were mys-payed, And of her comyng evel afrayed.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)106/5 : He fand þe Iew, cast of his Mule & bette, and his thee brokyn, and his nekke euyl hurt.
c
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)62/35 : Al moncynn..wearð earmlice ablend..& þæs ecan lihtes yfele bedæled.
- ?a1300 Names Hare (Dgb 86)350/19 : Þe eueleImet.
- a1350(1307) Execution Fraser (Hrl 2253)32 : Hou euele hem con spede.
- 1372 Vndo þi dore (Adv 18.7.21)7 : Allas! heuel haue i sped.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)939 : Ȝe token yuele [F mar] þe knyȝt of prys, & yuele ȝou schal be-tyde.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.1225 : He took out of his owene sleue A teyne of siluer, yuele moot he cheue, Which that ne was nat but an ounce of weighte.
- (1402) Topias (Dgb 41)p.97 : Evel mot he spede that beggith of the puple more than is nede.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)1067-8 : Wel yvel mote they thryve and thee, And yvel aryved mote they be, These losengers, ful of envye!
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1117 : Ne had he eschapede þat choppe, cheuede had euyll.
- a1450 7 Sages(3) (Cmb Dd.1.17)953 : The bore byhyde hym thydyr faste, And uvele spede at the laste.
- a1450-a1500(1436) Libel EP (Warner)540 : Tho martes wolde full evel thee Yf wee manly kepte aboute the see.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)1012 : Evil mut þowe the.
3.
(a) In an ugly or unnatural way, unpleasantly, unhealthily; ~ complexiouned, having an unhealthy blend of humors; ~ i)heued, pallid, looking unhealthy; ~ morigerate (theued), of a defect or disease: malign; ~ savoured, ill-tasting; me (the, him) ~ thinketh of, I (you, he) think(s it unpleasant or unbearable; (b) unskillfully, incompetently, faultily, inadequately; ~ i)taught, badly taught, bad-mannered; (c) erroneously, mistakenly; ~ founded, of trust: erroneously based; (d) very little, not at all; ~ at ese, weakened by wounds or sickness; also, upset; ~ paied (apaied), displeased; (e) with difficulty, scarcely, hardly.
Associated quotations
a
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)22/354 : Forhohe forte don hit þet te þuncheð uuel of & eil forte heren.
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)28/468 : Þah him þunche uuel þrof, he ne schal nawt up acouerin hwen he walde.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)36/19 : Ah þeo þe stealewurðe beoð & sterke toȝein me..se uuel me þuncheð þrof, þet al ich am dreori.
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)167/3 : Heo..were uor þouhte of his luue lene & vuele i-heowed [Corp-C: elheowet; Tit: helhewet].
- c1300 SLeg.Fran.(1) (LdMisc 108)9 : Ane kniȝt þat hadde Riche i-beo..swiþe a-pouered was; vuele he was i-cloþed.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.359 : Þere beeþ meny men in þis lond wonder foule and yuel i-schape yn lymes and in body.
- c1390 Hilton ML (Vrn)273 : Þin euencristen, are sum-tyme vuel arayȝed and hadde nede to be loked & holpe be þe.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.965 : Though thyn array be badde and yuel biseye, Do thow thy deuoir.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)116a/b : [Þe mone] makeþ a man yuel disposid [L male dispositum] in eiȝen and vnordinat.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)150a/b : Þe pecok hath an vnstedefast & euel I-schape [L deforme] heued, as it were þe heued of a serpent.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)159b/a : Suche ffysshe is euele y-sauered [L male sapiunt] and roteþ sone.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)305a/a : Þerinne is a tokne of yuel y-termyned matiere.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)311b/a : If þe senewe of feelyng..by euel disposed [L male complexionatus]..þanne þe dome of smellyng is amys or al lost.
- a1400 Heil & holi (Cmb Gg.4.32)72 : We weree alle ibroghte Out of sor and maked sounde Þat ferst yuele weren idoghte.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)6455 : Rughȝ hij ben also hounde..Folk it is wel yuel yshape [vr. eouel y-schapen].
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)15.497 : Riȝtwis men lyued..Fer fro kitth and fro kynne, yuel-yclothed ȝeden.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)213 : So yuel hewed was hir colour, Hir semed to have lyved in langour.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)4730 : Love..is..Right evell savoured good savour.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)51a/b : Bot þat percusionz þat ar in þe articlez beþ al yuel morigerate, i. manered [*Ch.(2): euel þewed; L male morigerate], knoweþ al men.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)144a/a : It is to be war þat þe cure..be not assaied in a feble man or an olde man & yuel complexioned.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)23b/a : Þoo [apostemes]..whiche ben made of vnnatural humours be saide nouȝt trewe, vnpropre, vncerteyn, & euel schapen [*Ch.(1): vnshappy].
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)42.498 : How bare foted they wente, and how Evel vestured.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)9685 : Þen hit greuit the grekes..Of the bodies on bent brethit full euyll.
- c1475 Awntyrs Arth.(Tay 9)p.5 : Alle bare was the body..Vmbeclosut in a cloude, in clething evyl [Thrn: vn-comlyly; Dc: vncomly] clad.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)133 : I am..the euele kembed, the evele tressed.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)272/35 : He..rode into many stronge countreyes..and evyll was he lodged.
- c1450(?a1400) Chestre Launfal (Clg A.2)141 : Sir, our robes beþ torent..And we goþ ewyll ydyȝt.
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)27531 : Heo..to ufele heom biwusten; wala wa..þat heo neoren war þa.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1206 : Ich wot ȝef smiþes schal uuele clenche.
- ?a1300(c1250) Prov.Hend.(Dgb 86)st.37 : Evere comeþ out uvel sponnen wolle.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)448 : So schal þe pays of þe londe wel vuele beon i-holde.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2818 : Louerd, ic am wanmol, vn-reken Of wurdes, and may ic Iuel speken.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)20/23 : Þou..hest agelt..þet þou hest ofte ziþes euele and wroþe y-loked hire festes.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.183 : Among alle his grete dedes, he fauȝt evel [Higd.(2): ylle; L male] but þries and no moo.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.3266 : But Slowthe which is evele affaited, With Slep hath mad his retenue, That what thing is to love due Of all his dette he paieth non.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)98a/a : Fistula festir..comeþ ofte of a wounde þat is euel I-kept [L male custodito].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)245a/a : [A herb] is harde to defye if it is rawe and euele soden.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)25828 : Ne be na man..to balde to lye þe langer in his sake for hope of mercy for to take. Qua-sim dos squa is iuel taȝt.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)93/2 : Cankre I-woundid..comeþ of a wounde yuel heelid.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)20.185 : Sire euel-ytauȝte elde..vnhende go with the!..Haddestow be hende..þow woldest haue asked leue.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)93a/b : Causez of which [ulcers] ar yuel humours corrupte and apostemez & wondez yuel cured [*Ch.(2): euel helede; L male curata].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)94b/a : Which pacientez..oweþ to eschewe..heuedez of bestez, olde chise, therfe brede & yuel cocte.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)179a/b : Þe þrid induracioun falleþ in summe member þat is broken, þe whiche was euyl restored oþer sette of longe tyme aforne.
- (1438) LRed Bk.Bristol2.168 : Al maner fawtes found of evell tanned lether to present duely to the courte.
- a1450 Pore of spirit (Dgb 102)64 : In helle is shewed euell-sponnen wyft.
- c1450 Dc.Prov.(Dc 52)p.47 : Euyl spunnun ȝerne.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)105/22 : My soveraigne lady gaff the to me, and evyll have I kepte the.
- a1475 Gawain & CC (Brog 2.1)328 : Euyll-tavȝt knyȝttus..I schall teche þe..Sum of my corttessye.
- c1475 *Mondeville (Wel 564)164b/b : The cause is þat..þe pacient is yuele dietid.
- (?1475) Paston (Gairdner)5.229 : Ther is..no sperre that shall go over the see so evyll horsyd as I am.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)104/16 : Man ys..euyltaght as Owle, Conable as hors.
- a1500 12 PTrib.(2) (Rwl C.894)391 : Mete euel chewed is euel to defye.
- a1500 Syng I wold (HRL 536)273 : Be ware of evel [Dub: ille] spon wefte.
c
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)16/5 : Eala, dauid, yfele cwæde ðu þæt ðu þa halȝæn mæȝne to ȝyrdon næmdest.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mcp.(Manly-Rickert)H.335 : Of muchel spekyng yuele auysed..Comth muchel harm.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)11a/a : Of which þinges it is shewed þat William & Lamfranc & henri also sawe yuel [L male] þair anathomie.
- (c1450) Capgr.St.Aug.(Add 36704)5/30 : Þan wold sche reherse on-to him þe euel a-vised wordes whech he had spoke.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)689/5 : Sir, that is yevell seyde..for a knyght may never be of proues but yf he be a lovear.
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)78/11 : Countirfeted hopes .. bryng men to confusion .. by maner of .. folishe trust evell foundid.
- c1600(?c1395) PPl.Creed (Trin-C R.3.15)660 : Men telleþ Þat he is an heretike and yuele byleueþ.
d
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)6/56 : Bikimeð þeow under mon..to don al & drehen þet him likeð, ne sitte hit hire se uuele.
- a1300 I syke (Dgb 2)33 : Hiuel hit may me like..wan hi se honge hey..ihesu mi lemmon.
- c1300 SLeg.Cross (LdMisc 108)444 : So vuele he was of his men bi-loued þat huy nolden him telle nouȝt.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)1769 : Þo was þis false caraus king of þis londe her, Vuele it com him of kunde to be of such poer.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)2537 : Vor þat he was cristine & ȝo payene was, Þat lond was vuel ypaid þer wiþ.
- c1330 Pennyw.Wit(1) (Auch)192 : Icham iuel at ese ywis, Þat y ne may..Speke wiþ him.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)68/20 : He him niymþ anhaste to grochi aye god and him euele þonkeþ.
- c1390 Þe wyse mon in (Vrn)121 : He is vuel worþi Cloþ or bord Þat may not suffre a luytel word Of his lord.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Sh.(Manly-Rickert)B.1580 : He..heeld hym yuele apayed For that I to hym spak of cheuyssaunce.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.146 : This Prest was drunke and goth astraied, Wherof the men were evele apaied In Frigelond.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.460 : Yuele it sit Tassaye a wyf whan that it is no nede.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)278b/a : Þe hound..is also yuele apayed if eny straunge houndes and vnknowe come in to þe place þere he woneþ.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)323b/a : Eyren of ostrich, of gees, and pohennes..beþ euel norischinge [L mali nutrimenti].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)16119 : Mi wijf es sumquat iuel at ess..for a sight þat sco wit-in hir sleping sau.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)548 : Wid bestes dumb man hath his fele Of thing men likis euil [Vsp: il] or wele.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)5.168 : Þei had þanne ben infamis þe firste day, þei can so yuel hele conseille.
- c1410 Visit.Infirm.(1) (UC 97)450 : Be nought euele paied of thi fadres chastisynge of heuene.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)4498 : The wymmen trist and evyl apeyde..her hertys felt almost ryve a-sonder.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)127b/a : Ȝif þe seke be febel..& slepe yuel it is dedelye oþer a singne of deþ.
- ?1435 Lond.Chron.Jul.(Jul B.2)80 : He was riht euyll payd.
- a1450(a1400) Athelston (Cai 175/96)686 : Þyselff schalt goo þe ryȝte way..Þouȝ it þe euele beseme.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)30.157 : Comfort fond he Ryht nowht So that he was wondirly Evel at Ese.
- ?a1450(?1350-75) Res.Dom.in Norris Anc.Corn.Drama (Bod 791)574 : Yn vr-na y fyth clewys, del ony ganse brewys hag elf at es.
- c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)239 : Me lyst ryght evel to pleye.
- c1450(c1425) Brut-1419 (Cmb Kk.1.12)375/6 : He was wondir sore agrevyd & ryȝt evil payed towarde þe Frenschmen.
- ?c1450 Trivet Constance (Harv Eng.938)p.237 : Than the messanger arose from hys bed..all seke and euell at ease for the malyce and the fume of the drynke.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)269 : The duke of Lancastir..considering who evel-beloved the Kyng was of his lychmen..cam into the se.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)138/34 : Sir Damas..is a evyll beloved, for he is withoute mercy.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)20461 : Be with me nat evele apayd.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)4.52 : If we ben fals..Euyll be we worthy to welden oure hire.
- a1500(?a1400) KEdw.& S.(Cmb Ff.5.48)835 : At my howse is alle þe rowte; They wil do harme whil i am owte; Full yuel þen dar i dwell.
- a1500(?a1400) Torrent (Chet 8009)81 : In to the Grekes see a mylle Therlyghttythe a gyant..Full Euyll thow dourst hyme stond.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)323 : I shall warny þe of a fawte þat þou hast, wherby my lord is hiely Ivill apayd.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)46 : Sirs, ye knewe Merlin full euell.
- a1500(?a1475) Guy(4) (Cmb Ff.2.38)1624 : Gye hath hym a stroke raght Wyth hys fawchon..To the erthe he felle downe Euyll at ese.
- c1600(?c1395) PPl.Creed (Trin-C R.3.15)58 : Seyn they..Þei comen out of Carmeli..& feyneþ hem with holynes þat yuele hem bisemeþ.
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- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)110 : Fasteð til his fel him slakeð..ðat he is lene & mainles & iuele mai gangen.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)12.8 : Þyne olde elde..yuel can suffre Pouerte or penaunce.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)62/20 : Þei madyn hir to syttyn at þe tabelys ende..þat sche durst ful euyl spekyn a word.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)198/14 : Sche myth ful euyl beryn vp hir owyn candel to þe preyst.
- a1450(a1425) Mirk IPP (Cld A.2:Peacock)960 : Hast þou I-coueted..Þy neghbores good..Or oght þat he myȝt euel spare?
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)68/29 : Who-so styketh faste in depe wose, he may euyll oute.
- c1455 Spec.Miser.(Tak 32)88 : Hym to cvmforte I heyde mee thanne But I was syke and myghtte evell goo.
- a1500(c1386) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)276 : [God] Myȝt evel forgo the to gyfe of his grace summe brawnche.