mæl – Old English noun declension

Noun: mæl
Gender:

Nominative

Singular	mǣl
Plural	mǣl

Genitive

Singular	mǣles
Plural	mǣla

Dative

Singular	mǣle
Plural	mǣlum

Accusative

Singular	mǣl
Plural	mǣl

Sample Sentences

mǣltange (a pair of compasses)
Do wines þrie mel on (pour on three measures of wine. (Leechbook))
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
An. DCCLXXIII Hēr ōþēowde rēad Crīstes mǣl on heofonum æfter sunnan setlgange. ⁊ þȳ ġēare ġefuhtan Myrċe ⁊ Cantware æt Ottanforda. (Year 773 In this year a red crucifix appeared in the heavens after the setting of the sun. And in that year, Mercia and Kent fought at Otford.)
mǣlċearu (cares or troubles of the time)
mǣldæġ (appointed time, day)
mǣlġesceaft (fate)
Mæl is me to feran. (It is time for me to go. (Beowulf, l. 316))
He gereordade æt anum mæle fif þusend manna (He fed at one meal five thousand men. (Wulfstan))

Nouns inflected like mæl

mæl, bæl,

Etymology

1. From Proto-West Germanic *māl, from Proto-Germanic *mēlą, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”).
2. Cognate with Old Frisian mēl (West Frisian miel), Old Saxon -māl, Dutch maal, Old High German māl (German Mal (“time”), Mahl (“meal”)), Old Norse mál (Danish and Swedish mål), Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌻 (mēl, “time, hour”). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron), Latin mensus, Russian ме́ра (méra), Lithuanian mẽtas. See: Dutch Nouns 'maal', German Nouns 'Mal', Old Norse Nouns 'mál', Gothic Nouns '𐌼𐌴𐌻', Ancient Greek Nouns 'μέτρον', Latin Nouns 'mensus'.

Verbs referencing "mæl"

English Nouns fistmele.