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adela
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Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Noun
Gender: Masculine
adela
, an; m. Filth; cænum :-- Ðæt hér yfle adelan stinceþ that here ill smells filth, Exon, 110b; Th. 424, 1 ; Rä. 41, 32. [addle-pool a pool near a dunghill: Scot, adill, addle, foul and putrid water: N. Ger. adel, m. cænum: Holst, addeln lotium pecudum.] DER. adeliht, adel-seáþ.
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adela
. Add: also adel, es (?); m. Filth (cf. addled); a filthy place, sewer :-- Ðá swýn hí gecuron for ðǽre fúlnysse fenlices adelan, Hml. Th. ii. 380, 8: 472, 7. His líchama læg on þám adelan, Hml. S. 5, 463. Ðæt cweartern wearð áfylled mid fúlum adelan, 35, 244. Ic mé sylfe on ðám adele forligeres besylede, 23 b, 342. Fýlþe, adelan sentina, An. Ox. 666: 1738. Adelan cloacas, 3416.
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