adle

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”).

adle

1. (obsolete) Sickness; disease.

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

adle

1. First-person singular present of adeln.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of adeln.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of adeln.
4. Imperative singular of adeln.

• adl, alde, odle

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

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

adle

1. disease

• English: adle

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

From German adeln

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

• adel

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

From German adeln

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

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

• adla

• adel

• “adle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.