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mǽl

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
mǽl, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§119;
A cause, suit, action (?)
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  • Ðú symle furðor feohtan sóhtest mǽl ofer mearce

    thou didst ever press on to fight, didst pursue thy cause (i.e. carry on war) over the border,

    • Wald. 1, 33
    • ;
    • Vald. l, 19.
Etymology
Cf.
Icel. mál a suit, cause; sækja mál to prosecute (as a law term). Stephens takes mǽl here = mark, goal: Rieger (quoted by Grein) takes it = gemót, concio, so figuratively battle,
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v. mál.
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