adle
German
Pronunciation
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Verb
adle
- inflection of adeln:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Middle English
Etymology 1
From the oblique forms of Old English ādl, from Proto-West Germanic *aidlu, from Proto-Germanic *aidlō.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaːdəl/, /ˈadəl/, /ˈɔːdəl/, /-lə/
Noun
adle
Descendants
- English: adle
References
- “ā̆dle, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 June 2018.
Etymology 2
Adjective
adle
- inflection of adel:
- weak singular
- strong/weak plural
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Verb
adle (imperative adl or adle, present tense adler, passive adles, simple past and past participle adla or adlet, present participle adlende)
Related terms
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Verb
adle (present tense adlar, past tense adla, past participle adla, passive infinitive adlast, present participle adlande, imperative adle/adl)
- e-infinitive form of adla
Etymology 2
From of alle with pre-occlusion; compare adde. From Old Norse allir m or late Old Norse alli n.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²ad.lə/, [²ɐ̞d.lə], (Rogaland) [²a̝d.lə]
Pronoun
adle
- (dialectal) alternative form of alle
- 1647, “LAnte oster Kraakelund”, in Den fyrste morgonblånen, Oslo: Novus, published 1990, page 42:
- Ere de no adle mætte?
- Are you all full (eaten enough) now?
References
- “adle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑːd.le/
Noun
ādle
- inflection of ādl:
- nominative plural
- accusative singular/plural
- genitive/dative singular
Scots
Noun
adle
- alternative form of addle
References
- “adle”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.