ordel

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ordal

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

• “ordā̆l, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.