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Etymology
From Middle English adle, from Old English ādl (“disease, infirmity, sickness, pain, languishing sickness, consumption”), from Proto-West Germanic *aidlu, from Proto-Germanic *aidlō, *aidlaz (“burning, fever, disease”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“to burn, shine”). Compare Middle Low German ādel (“ulcer, wound, sore”).
Pronunciation
Noun
adle
- (obsolete) Sickness; disease.
Anagrams
- ALDE, Adel, Dale, Deal, Dela, E.D. La., Lade, Leda, dale, deal, lade, lead
German
Pronunciation
Verb
adle
- inflection of adeln:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 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
- disease
Descendants
References
Etymology 2
Adjective
adle
- inflection of adel:
- weak singular
- 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)
- to knight (someone), raise (someone) to the peerage, ennoble
Related terms
References
- “adle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “adle” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Verb
adle (present tense adlar, past tense adla, past participle adla, passive infinitive adlast, present participle adlande, imperative adle/adl)
- 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)
Determiner
adle
- (dialectal) plural of all
1647, “LAnte oster Kraakelund”, in Den fyrste morgonblånen, Oslo: Novus, published 1990, page 42:Ere de no adle mætte- Are you all full
References
- “adle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
Scots
Noun
adle
- Alternative form of addle
References