Old English

Noun

mǣl n

1. a measure

   Do wines þrie mel on: pour on three measures of wine. (Leechbook)

2. mark, sign (especially a cross)

   Her oþiewde read Cristes mæl on hefenum: in this year a red Christ's-sign appeared in the sky. (AS Chronicle)

3. time, occasion, season

   Mæl is me to feran. It is time for me to go. (Beowulf, l. 316)

4. the time for eating, meal-time, a meal

   He gereordade æt anum mæle fif þusend manna: at one meal he fed five thousand men. (Wulfstan)

Declension

Descendants

• English: meal

Related terms

• mǣþ