adle

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See also: adlē, and ädle

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

adle

  1. inflection of adeln:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Middle English

Etymology 1

From the oblique forms of Old English ādl, from Proto-West Germanic *aidlu, from Proto-Germanic *aidlō.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaːdəl/, /ˈadəl/, /ˈɔːdəl/, /-lə/

Noun

adle

  1. disease
Descendants
  • English: adle
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Etymology 2

Adjective

adle

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German adeln.

Verb

adle (imperative adl or adle, present tense adler, passive adles, simple past and past participle adla or adlet, present participle adlende)

  1. to knight (someone), raise (someone) to the peerage, ennoble

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Verb

adle (present tense adlar, past tense adla, past participle adla, passive infinitive adlast, present participle adlande, imperative adle/adl)

  1. E-infinitive form of adla

Etymology 2

From of alle with pre-occlusion; compare adde. From Old Norse allir m or late Old Norse alli n.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ad.lə/, , (Rogaland)

Pronoun

adle

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of alle
    • 1647, “LAnte oster Kraakelund”, in Den fyrste morgonblånen, Oslo: Novus, published 1990, page 42:
      Ere de no adle mætte?
      Are you all full (eaten enough) now?

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Anagrams

Old English

Pronunciation

Noun

ādle

  1. inflection of ādl:
    1. nominative plural
    2. accusative singular/plural
    3. genitive/dative singular

Scots

Noun

adle

  1. Alternative form of addle

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