abele

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See also: Abele, ābele, ābelē, and Ābele

English

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Etymology

From Middle English abelle, albell, aubel, from Old French aubel, aubiel, from Medieval Latin albellus (“white poplar”), diminutive of Latin albus (“white”). Some forms after Middle Dutch abeel, from Old French.

Abele; White poplar

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Noun

abele (plural abeles)

  1. The white poplar (Populus alba).
    • 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 114:
      But I account for my predilection, by the kind of pensive and melancholy peasure I used to feel, when in my childhood and early youth, I walked alone, in a long avenue of arbeal .
    • 1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browing, The Rhyme of the Duchess May, line 5:
      Six abeles i' the churchyard grow

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Ayu

Noun

abele

  1. plural of ibele

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Middle Low German

Noun

abele f

  1. The white poplar (Populus alba).

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References

  • August Lübben (1888) "abêle", in Mittelniederdeutsches Handwörterbuch, Norden und Leipzig, Diedr. Soltau's Verlag. Project Gutenberg.
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