Fór-mæl

According to the Old English Dictionary:

fór-mál, e;

fór-mæl

f. [fór = fóre, mǽl a speech, discourse] An agreement, a treaty; fœdus, pactum :-- Wið ðam ðe he eall ðæt lǽste ðæt uncer fórmǽl wæs on condition that he fulfil all that was our agreement, L. O. 1; Th. i. 178, 8. Æfter ðam fórmálum [MS. -málan] according to the treaties, L. Eth. ii. 1; Th. i. 284, 11. for-mæl