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yfel, st n., evil: gen. pl. yfla, 2095.
yldan, w. v., to delay, put off: inf. nē þæt se āglǣca yldan þōhte, 740; weard wine-geōmor wīscte þæs yldan, þæt hē lȳtel fæc long-gestrēona brūcan mōste, 2240.
ylde, st. m. pl., men: dat. pl. yldum, 77, 706, 2118; gen. pl. ylda, 150, 606, 1662. See elde.
yldest. See eald.
yldo, st. f., age (senectus), old age: nom. sg., 1737, 1887; atol yldo, 1767; dat. sg. on ylde, 22.—2) age (ǣtas), time, era: gen. sg. yldo bearn, 70. See eldo.
yldra. See eald.
ylf, st. f., elf (incubus, alp): nom. pl. ylfe, 112.
ymb, prep. w. acc.: 1) local, around, about, at, upon: ymb hine (around, with, him), 399. With prep, postponed: hine ymb, 690; ymb brontne ford (around the seas, on the high sea), 568; ymb þā gif-healle (around the gift-hall, throne-hall), 839; ymb þæs helmes hrōf (around the helm’s roof, crown), 1031.—2) temporal, about, after: ymb ān-tīd ōðres dōgores (about the same time the next day), 219; ymb āne niht (after a night), 135.—3) causal, about, on account of, for, owing to: (frīnan) ymb þīnne sīð (on account of, concerning?, thy journey), 353; hwæt þū... ymb Brecan sprǣce (hast spoken about B.), 531; so, 1596, 3174; nā ymb his līf cearað (careth not for his life), 1537; so, 450; ymb feorh sacan, 439; sundor-nytte behēold ymb aldor Dena, 669; ymb sund (about the swimming, the prize for swimming), 507.
ymbe, I. prep. w. acc. = ymb: 1) local, 2884, 3171; hlǣw oft ymbe hwearf (prep, postponed), 2297. 2) causal, 2071, 2619.—II. adv., around: him... ymbe, 2598.
ymb-sittend, pres. part., neighbor gen. pl. ymb-sittendra, 9.
ymbe-sittend, the same: nom. pl. ymbe-sittend, 1828; gen. pl. ymbe-sittendra, 2735.
yppe, w. f., high seat, dais, throne: dat. sg. ēode... tō yppan, 1816.
yrfe, st. n., bequest, legacy: nom. sg., 3052.
yrfe-lāf, st. f., sword left as a bequest: acc. sg. yrfe-lāfe, 1054; instr. sg. yrfe-lāfe, 1904.
yrfe-weard, st. m., heir, son: nom. sg., 2732; gen. sg. yrfe-weardes, 2454. (-as, MS.)
yrmðo, st. f., misery, shame, wretchedness: acc. sg. yrmðe, 1260, 2006.
yrre, st. n., anger, ire, excitement: acc. sg. godes yrre, 712; dat. sg, on yrre, 2093.
yrre, adj., angry, irate, furious: nom. sg. yrre ōretta (Bēowulf), 1533; þegn yrre (the same), 1576; gæst yrre (Grendel), 2074; nom. pl. yrre, 770. See eorre.
yrringa, adv., angrily, fiercely, 1566, 2965.
yrre-mōd, adj., wrathful-minded, wild: nom. sg., 727.
ys, he is. See wesan.