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.

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