addle

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæ.dəl/ Rhymes: -ædəl === Etymology 1 === From Middle English adel (“rotten”), from Old English adel, adela (“mire, pool, liquid excrement”), from Proto-West Germanic *adal, from Proto-Germanic *adalaz, *adalô (“cattle urine, liquid manure”). Akin to Scots adill, North Frisian ethel (“urine”), Saterland Frisian adel (“dung”), Middle Low German adele (“mud, liquid manure”) (Dutch aal (“liquid manure”)), Old Swedish adel (“urine”), Danish ajle (“liquid manure”), Bavarian Adel (“liquid manure”). ==== Adjective ==== addle (comparative more addle, superlative most addle) Having lost the power of development, and become rotten; putrid. (by extension) Unfruitful or confused; muddled. ===== Synonyms ===== addled ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== addle (plural addles) (obsolete) Liquid filth; mire. ==== Verb ==== addle (third-person singular simple present addles, present participle addling, simple past and past participle addled) To make or become addled; to muddle or confuse. to addle someone's brain To cause fertilised eggs to lose viability, by killing the developing embryo within through shaking, piercing, freezing or oiling, without breaking the shell. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== addle (plural addles) An unwise or intellectually impaired person. === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Middle English addlen, adlen, probably from Old Norse ǫðlask (“to gain possession of property”), from ōðal (“owndom, property”). ==== Verb ==== addle (third-person singular simple present addles, present participle addling, simple past and past participle addled) (provincial, Northern England) To earn, earn by labor; earn money or one's living. (provincial, Northern England) To thrive or grow; to ripen. === References === Dance, Richard; Pons-Sanz, Sara; Schorn, Brittany (2019), “addill v”, in The Gersum Project ⁠‎[3], University of Cambridge, University of Cardiff, and the University of Sheffield: “Always derived from ON” “addle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === daled, dedal, laded == Old Prussian == === Etymology === From Proto-Balto-Slavic *edlis, potentially from Proto-Indo-European *h₁edʰ-l-; Cognates include Latvian egle (“spruce, fir”), Lithuanian ẽglė (“spruce”) and descendants of Proto-Slavic *ȅdlь (“spruce”). Likely also related to Latin ebulum (“red elderberry”) and its cognates. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɐ̀d̪lʲeː/ === Noun === addle fir (tree) Elbing German-Prussian Vocabulary Tanne Addle == Scots == === Alternative forms === addil, aidle, aidil, adle === Etymology === From Middle English adel (“rotten”), from Old English adel, adela (“mire, pool, liquid excrement”), from Proto-West Germanic *adal. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑdl/, /ˈedl/ === Adjective === addle foul, putrid, issuing from a cowhouse or dunghill. === Noun === addle foul and putrid water, ditch water, byre wash, liquid manure. The urine of black cattle. === Verb === addle To water the roots of plants with the urine of cattle. === References === “addle, n., adj., v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.