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ÁDL

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
ÁDL, ádel; g. ádle, f: ádle, an; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§304; §370;
A disease, pain, a languishing sickness, consumption; morbus, languor
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  • Wæs seó ádl þearl, hát and heorogrim

    the disease was sharp, hot and very fierce,

    • Exon. 47a; Th. 160, 30
      • ;
    • Gú. 951
      • .

  • Seó mycle ádl

    the great disease, leprosy; elephantiasis,

    • Som.

  • Ne hine dréfeþ ádl

    disease does not afflict him,

    • Beo. Th. 3476
      • ;
    • B. 1736
      • .

  • Ðé to heortan hearde grípeþ ádl unlíðe

    fell disease gripes thee hard at heart,

    • Cd. 43; Th. 57, 32
      • ;
    • Gen. 937
      • .

  • Ðé untrymnes ádle gongum býsgade

    infirmity has afflicted thee through attacks of disease,

    • Exon. 47b; Th. 163, 8
      • ;
    • Gú. 990
      • .

  • He ðíne ádle ealle gehǽlde

    sanavit omnes languores tuos,

    • Ps. Th. 102, 3
      • .

  • Ðæt ádla hí gehǽldon

    ut languores curarent,

    • Lk. Bos. 9, 1
      • .

  • Hú manega ádla

    how many diseases?

    • Bt. 31, 1; Fox 110, 29
      • :
    • Bd. 3, 12; S. 537, 6
      • .

  • Laman legeres ádl

    the palsy,

Etymology
[
Orm. adl disease.
Probably akin to the Sansk. root indh to burn.
]
Derived forms
feorh-ádl, fót-, horn-, in-, lungen-, mónaþ-, ádl-ian, -íc, -ig, -þracu, -wérig
Similar entries
v. leger.
Linked entries
v.  ádel ádle.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ÁDL.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/264.

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