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mál

  • noun [ neuter ]
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mál, es; n.
an action, suit, cause
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  • Mál

    clasma (cf. clasma

    clam oððe wed oððe wæra.

    'This barbarous word meant in medieval Latin, an action at law, for a bond or other obligation,' 21, 2),
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 42 : Hpt. Gl. 496, 4.
[
Icel. mál an action
:
O. H. Ger. mahal concio, pactio, fœdus.
]
occurring late in the chronicle and borrowed from Icelandic(?)
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  • Ðǽr bær Godwine up his mál

    (case) (cf. Icel. bera upp mál),

    • Chr. 1052
      • ;
    • Erl. 187, 19.

  • Eádwerd scylode ix scypa of mále ( = Icel. skilja af máli)

    put an end to the agreement with, paid off, nine ships,

    • 1049
      • ;
    • Erl. 174, 38.

  • Hé sette ealle ða litsmen of mále,

    • 1050
      • ;
    • Erl. 176, 13.

  • Se cyng sealde his lande swá deóre tó mále swá heó deórost mihte

    made as hard terms as ever he could,

    • 1086
      • ;
    • Erl. 220, 8.
Etymology
[
Icel. mál a case; terms, agreement.
]
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v. mǽl and next word.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “mál.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/22291.

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