Old English Dictionary Entry

Mál

Part of speech: es;

Definitions

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1 mál

n. A mole, spot, mark :-- Fúll maal on [h]rægel stigmentum, Ælfc. Gl. 28; Som. 61, 13; Wrt. Voc. 26, 12. Mál maculam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 9 : 92. 19. [Goth. mail spot, blemish : O. H. Ger. meil.] mal

Similar Words

-mancian
-mang
-mannþwǽ rian
-mánsod
-márian

Runic Inscription

ᛗᚪᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
O. H. Ger.: Old High German

Works & Authors

Som.: Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Voc.: Vocabulary
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.: Ælfric

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