a. Obs. [OE. atol, atul, atel, cogn. w. ON. atall fierce, dire.] Terrible, hideous, foul.
a. 1000. Beowulf, 1700. Atol ýða ʓeswing.
c. 1200. Ormin, 13678. He … warrþ till atell defell þær.
c. 1230. Wohunge, in Cott. Hom., 275. Þa harde atele hurtes.
