mæl

Old English

noun
Definitions
  • a measure
  • mark, sign (especially a cross)
  • time, occasion, season
  • the time for eating, meal-time, a meal

Etymology

Inherited from *māl inherited from Proto-Germanic *mēlą (time, measure, occassion, meal, measurement, sign, mark) derived from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (measure).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*meh₁-

Gloss

measure

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