adel and adele - Middle English Compendium

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Middle English Dictionary Entry

adel(e adj.

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Entry Info

Forms	adel(e adj. Also addul, (pl.) adle.
Etymology	OE adel(a filth.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.

(a) Of an egg: rotten, addled; (b) of brains: muddled.

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a

c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)133 : Euer he cuþ þat he com þonne, Þat he com of þan adel eye, Þeȝ he afro nest leie.
a1333 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Add 46919)p.72 : Des oefes le donez germéez Non pas que sunt esterguléz: adely [?read: adel ey].
c1400 Femina (Trin-C B.14.40)9 : Noun pas quex sount estergules..But nat þo þat beþ adle.
a1475 Leve lystynes (Brog 2.1)p.32 : He is lyke..A sory laueroke satt on brode Opon two adyll eggis.

b

1534(?a1500) Cov.Pl.ST (Croo:Craig)863 : Sytt he neyuer soo hy in saddull, But I schall make his braynis addull, And here with my pott-ladull With hym woll I fyght.