yveleとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• ivel, ivill, yvel, yvle, yvyl
• huvele, ufele, yfele (Early Middle English); uvel, uvele, uvell (Southern, West Midland); yevell (Late Middle English, West Midland)
• evel, evele, evell, evelle, evil, evyl, evyle, evyll, hevel (especially East Anglia, East Saxon, Kent, Northern)

発音

• IPA: /ˈivəl(ə)/, /ˈeːvəl(ə)/, /-vlə/
• IPA: /ˈyvəl(ə)/, /-vlə/ (West Midland)
• IPA: /ˈɛvəl(ə)/, /ˈɛ̝ːvəl(ə)/, /-vlə/ (East Saxon, Kent)

副詞

yvele (comparative worse, superlative worst)

1. wickedly, evilly, iniquitously
2. badly, sloppily, poorly
3. injuriously, harmfully; in a damaging way.
   • c. 1275, Judas (Roud 2964, Child Ballad 23, Trinity College MS. B.14.39), folio 34, recto, lines 30-31; republished at Cambridge: Wren Digital Library (Trinity College), 29 May 2019:

     Up ſtod him iudaſ lord am I þat [frec]. / I naſ neuer o þe ſtude þer me þe evel ſpec.

     Judas stood up: "Lord, am I that bold? / I was never anywhere where people spoke ill about you."

4. hurtfully; in a way causing physical injury.
5. unfortunately, sadly, miserably.
6. wrongly, incorrectly; counter to fact.
7. sickly; having disease or illness.
8. in no way, hardly, insufficiently.
9. just, barely; by a narrow margin.

派生した語

• English: evil (obsolete)

参照

• “ivel(e, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

語源 2

形容詞

yvele

1. inflection of yvel:
   1. weak singular
   2. strong/weak plural