adle

See also: adlē and ädle

English

Etymology

From Middle English adle, from Old English ādl (“disease, infirmity, sickness, pain, languishing sickness, consumption”), from Proto-Germanic *aidlō, *aidlaz (“burning, fever, disease”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“to burn, shine”). Cognate with Middle Low German ādel (“ulcer, wound, sore”).

Noun

adle

1. (obsolete) Sickness; disease.

Anagrams

• ALDE, Adel, Dale, Deal, Dela, E.D. La., Leda, dale, deal, lade, lead

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German

Pronunciation

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Verb

adle

1. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of adeln.
2. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular subjunctive I of adeln.
3. (deprecated template usage) Third-person singular subjunctive I of adeln.
4. (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of adeln.

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• adl, alde, odle

Etymology

From Old English ādl, from Proto-Germanic *aidlō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːdəl/, /ˈadəl/, /ˈɔːdəl/

Noun

adle

1. disease

Descendants

• English: adle

References

• “ā̆dle (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-10.

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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

Related terms

• adel

References

• “adle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “adle” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German adeln

Verb

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

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

Alternative forms

• adla

Related terms

• adel

References

• “adle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.