v. Obs. Forms: 1 ʓefelan, 2–4 ifele, 3 ivele, 3–4 yvele, 4 yfele, 7 yfeele. [OE. ʓefélan: see Y- 3 c and FEEL v.] To feel.
c. 893. [see FEEL v. 1].
a. 1240. Ureisun, in O. E. Hom., I. 201. Hwi ne iuele ich þe imine breoste so swete ase þu ert?
c. 1305. Judas Isc., 18, in E. E. P. (1862), 107. Swiþe heo gan iwite And yfele þat he was mid childe.
1387. Trevisa, Higden (Rolls), VI. 13. Þe same merk and tokene þat he hadde i-felt [MS. γ yveld] in his soule he bare alwey after i-sene.
c. 1634. W. Cartwright, Ordinary, III. i. (1651), 36. I no where hoart yfeele, but on mine head.
