- yfeládl
- f (-e/-a) cachexia, consumption
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
yfeládl
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consumption — late 14c., wasting of the body by disease; wasting disease (replacing O.E. yfeladl the evil disease ), from O.Fr. consumpcion, from L. consumptionem (nom. consumptio) a using up, wasting, from consumpt , pp. stem of consumere (see CONSUME (Cf.… … Etymology dictionary
