Mál-dæg

Old English Dictionary Entry

Mál-dæg

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: mǽl-dæg. mal-dæg

Definitions

1 mál-dæg

m. An agreement, covenant, settlement(?) (Icel. mál-dagi) or a day on which terms are fixed(?) (O. H. Ger. mahal-tag dies sponsionis) a day when the dowry was settled :-- Ic an míne wífe al þe þing þe ic haue on Norfolke so ic hire gaf tó mund and to máldage, Chart. Th. 574, 1.

Runic Inscription

ᛗᚪᛚ-ᛞᚫᚷ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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