Adela

Old English Dictionary Entry

Adela

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words:

Definitions

1 adela

m. Filth; cænum :-- Ðæt hér yfle adelan stinceþ that here ill smells filth, Exon, 110b; Th. 424, l; 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. adela

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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