OriginFrom Middle English anelen, anelien, from Middle English an- (“on”) + Middle English elen (“to anoint”), from Old English ēle (“oil”). Compare English anoil.
- obsoleteTo anoint; to give extreme unction with oil.
Formsaneles(present, singular, third-person) · aneling(participle, present) · aneled(participle, past) · aneled(past)