mæle

From Old Norse mæli (“speech”) and mæla (“to speak”), both from mál (“language, speech, matter, affair”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛːlə/, [ˈmeːlə]

mæle n (singular definite mælet, not used in plural form)

1. speech, voice

mæle (imperative mæl, present mæler, past mælte or mælede, past participle mælet or mælt)

1. utter (to say)

• “mæle” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “mæle,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Norse mæli (“speech”) and mæla (“for the verb, to speak”), both from mál (“language, speech, matter, affair”).

mæle n (definite singular mælet, indefinite plural mæler, definite plural mæla or mælene)

1. speech, voice

• ettermæle

mæle (imperative mæl, present mæler, past mælte, past participle mælt)

1. to utter (to say)

Uncertain.

mæle (imperative mæl, present mæler, past mælte, past participle mælt)

1. to punch, throw or kick something or someone hard and without purpose or aim

• “mæle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse mæli n (“utterance”).[1] Related to mæle in Etymology 2, deriving ultimately from Proto-Germanic *maþlą.

• Mæle (obsolete capitalization)[2]

• IPA^(key): /²meːlə/

mæle n (definite singular mælet, indefinite plural mæle, definite plural mæla)

1. voice
2. ability to speak
3. (in compounds) speak, words

• einmæle
• ettermæle
• motmæle

From Old Norse mæla (“to say, utter”),[1] from Proto-Germanic *maþlijaną (“to speak”).

• mæla (a-infinitive)

• IPA^(key): /²meːlə/

mæle (present tense mæler, past tense mælte, past participle mælt, passive infinitive mælast, present participle mælande, imperative mæl)

1. to say, utter

Unknown.[1][3]

• mæla (a-infinitive)

mæle (present tense mæler, past tense mælte, past participle mælt, passive infinitive mælast, present participle mælande, imperative mæl)

1. (transitive, colloquial) to kick, throw, or beat (a ball) forcefully and aimlessly

From Old Norse mæla (“to measure”),[4] from Proto-Germanic *mēlijaną (“to mark, stain, paint”).

• mæla (a-infinitive)

mæle (present tense mæler, past tense mælte, past participle mælt, passive infinitive mælast, present participle mælande, imperative mæl)

1. to measure ((pre-2012) alternative form of måla[5])

From Old Norse mælir m (“measure”).[1]

• Mæle (obsolete capitalization)[2]

mæle m (definite singular mælen, indefinite plural mælar, definite plural mælane)

1. an old unit of measure