rædels

Old English

Alternative forms

rǣdelse, rǣsele

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *rādislī. Equivalent to rǣdan +‎ -els.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈræː.dels/, [ˈræː.deɫs]

Noun

rǣdels m

Declension

Declension of rædels (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	rǣdels	rǣdelsas
accusative	rǣdels	rǣdelsas
genitive	rǣdelses	rǣdelsa
dative	rǣdelse	rǣdelsum

Related terms

rǣd m (“advice”)

Descendants

Middle English: redels, redel, rydel, ridil
- English: riddle
- Scots: riddill, riddil
- → Norn: ridl

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “RǢDELS”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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