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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1513
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Adill, Adyll, n. [OE. adela, represented in later Sc. by addle, adle, Northumb. eddle, south-w. Eng. dial. addle; cognate with MLG. adele, LG. adel, addel, iddel, N.Fris. edel, WFris. ael, etc.] Foul liquid, putrid or stagnant water (esp. that draining from a dunghill).1513 Doug. iv. viii. 98.
Scho gan behald In blak adyll [vr. adill] the hallowyt watir cald Changyt and altyr
