Mǽl
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - mǽl
According to the Old English Dictionary:
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- mǽl
- n. A cause, suit, action (?) :-- Ðú symle furðor feohtan sóhtest mǽl ofer mearce thou didst ever press on to fight, didst pursue thy cause (i.e. carry on war) over the border, Wald. 1, 33; Vald. l, 19. Cf. Icel. mál a suit, cause; sækja mál to prosecute (as a law term). Stephens takes mǽl here = mark, goal: Rieger (quoted by Grein) takes it = gemót, concio, so figuratively battle,