ordel

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ordalium, ordelum, itself borrowed from Old English ordēl, ordāl, from Proto-West Germanic *uʀdailī. Alternatively, directly inherited from the Old English form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔrˌdɛːl/, /ˈɔrˌdaːl/

Noun

ordel

  1. (rare) ordeal (trial by subjection to a dangerous test)

Descendants

  • English: ordeal
  • Scots: ordeil

References

Old English

Noun

ordēl n

  1. Alternative form of ordāl