ordel

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === ordal === Etymology === Borrowed from Medieval Latin ordalium, ordelum, itself borrowed from Old English ordēl, ordāl, from Proto-West Germanic *uʀdailī. Alternatively, directly inherited from the Old English form. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔrˌdɛːl/, /ˈɔrˌdaːl/ === Noun === ordel (rare) ordeal (trial by subjection to a dangerous test) ==== Descendants ==== English: ordeal Scots: ordeil ==== References ==== “ordā̆l, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old English == === Noun === ordēl n alternative form of ordāl