Old English · noun

adl

Normalised ādl

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: strong ō-stem
IPA: /ɑːdl/
Syllables: ɑːdl (1 syllable)
Modern English: disease adle

Meaning

disease

⁊ he ðǣr on Eoforwīcċeastre ādle forðferde;

And he died of disease there in York;
late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

Declension

Declension of adl
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ādl	ādla ādle
Accusative	ādle	ādla ādle
Genitive	ādle	ādla
Dative	ādle	ādlum

Etymology

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”).

Descendants

adle

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