The lexeme Odel meaning 'slurry, liquid manure, dung manure' is found for the Bavarian-speaking Alpine region in the forms Odl, Otl, Atl or Ol. In the DWB, the morpho-lexical type is written as Adel, whereas in the Duden as well as in the BWB, the type Odel is given with the same meaning ('manure') (cf. DWB under Adel, Duden under Odel, BWB under Odel). Although the etymology of the word remains unclear, there are similarities in rural Swedish, where the verb adla/ala means 'to urinate', as well as in Romanian ud 'urine' (cf. DWB under Adel). However, the English verb to addle in the sense of 'to become lazy/corrupt' could point to a common Germanic origin.