Alexander Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary

Ill, adj. 1) bad, evil in a general sense, contrary to good: “this is too curious-good, this blunt and ill,” Lucr. 1300. “your pleasure, be it ill or well,” Sonn. 58, 14. “what care I who calls me well or ill?” 112, 13. “I am ill at reckoning,” LLL I, 2, 42; cf. “I am ill at these numbers,” Hml. II, 2, 120. “shooting well is then accounted ill,” LLL IV, 1, 25. “a mingled yarn, good and ill together,” All's IV, 3, 84. “they were ill for a green wound,” H4B II, 1, 106. “nothing can be ill,” Rom. V, 1, 17. “nothing ill come near thee,” Cymb. IV, 2, 279. Joined to substantives: “an ill advantage,” Wiv. III, 3, 116. “aspects,” Troil. I, 3, 92. “beginning,” Caes. IV, 3, 234. “chances,” H4B IV, 2, 81. “conditions,” Ado III, 2, 68. “cook,” Rom. IV, 2, 3. Rom. IV, 2, 3 “counsel,” Mids. II, 1, 218. Tw. V, 34. “day,” Err. V, 138. “dealing,” R3 III, 6, 14 (Qq bad). “deed,” Sonn. 34, 14. Err. III, 2, 20. John IV, 2, 219. H4B V, 2, 83. R3 I, 4, 216. “digestions,” Err. V, 74. “doctrine,” H8 I, 3, 60. “end,” John III, 1, 94. “event,” Lucr. 1598. H6A IV, 1, 191. “fashion,” Gent. V, 4, 61. “fortune,” H6A III, 2, 109. “friends,” R3 IV, 4, 216 (Qq bad). hap, H8 Epil. R3 IV, 4, 216 “hours,” Tw. I, 3, 6. “husband,” H8 III, 2, 142. “intent,” Per. IV, 6, 116. “layer up,” H5 V, 2, 248. “life,” Wiv. II, 2, 92. “luck,” Wiv. V, 5, 120. Merch. III, 1, 98. Merch. III, 1, 98 Merch. III, 1, 98 H4B I, 1, 51. “manner,” Tw. I, 5, 62. “men,” Cymb. V, 5, 159. “name,” H4B II, 4, 98. “neighbourhood,” H5 I, 2, 154. “news,” Ado II, 1, 180. John IV, 2, 134. V, 6, 21. Rom. V, 1, 22. “night,” John V, 4, 36. “office,” Gent. III, 2, 40. H5 V, 2, 391. “officers,” Caes. IV, 2, 7. “opinion,” Wiv. II, 1, 73. H8 II, 2, 125. Troil. V, 4, 19. “phrase,” Hml. II, 2, 111. “planet,” Wint. II, 1, 106. “presage,” Ven. 457. “qualities,” Ado II, 1, 106. “report,” Sonn. 95, 8. Cor. I, 6, 70. Hml. II, 2, 550. Ant. II, 2, 159. “request,” Caes. V, 5, 11. “rest,” R3 I, 2, 112. “shape,” LLL II, 59. “singer,” Ado II, 3, 78. “suspicion,” Wint. V, 3, 149. “tale,” R2 III, 2, 121. “things,” Sonn. 150, 5. Rom. II, 4, 179. V, 3, 136. “thinking,” Oth. III, 4, 29. “thoughts,” Lr. V, 2, 9. “tidings,” John IV, 2, 132. Ant. II, 5, 87. “time,” Wint. III, 3, 3. “turn,” Per. IV, 1, 76. “venture,” H4B V, 5, 127. “will,” As III, 5, 71. All's V, 3, 265. H5 III, 7, 123. “wind,” H4B V, 3, 90. “word,” Ado III, 1, 86.
2) evil in a moral sense, wicked: “end thy ill aim,” Lucr. 579. “a mind so ill,” Lucr. 579 “there's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple,” Tp. I, 2, 457. “the ill spirit,” Tp. I, 2, 457 “upon ill employment,” Wiv. V, 5, 135. “a very ill house,” Meas II, 1, 67. “his ill angel,” H4B I, 2, 186. H4B I, 2, 186 “of his own body he was ill,” H8 IV, 2, 43. “ill spirit,” Caes. IV, 3, 289. “cannot be ill, cannot be good,” Mcb. I, 3, 131.
3) unwell, sick, diseased (adv.? never before the subst.): “I am ill,” Ado III, 4, 54. H4B III, 1, 104. IV, 2, 80. IV, 4, 111. H5 II, 1, 89. Lr. III, 3, 18. Ant. I, 3, 72. Cymb. IV, 2, 11. “grew so ill,” H8 IV, 2, 15. “you look very ill,” Wiv. II, 1, 36. “I see thee ill,” R2 II, 1, 92. R2 II, 1, 92 R2 II, 1, 92