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▪ I. † mele, n. Obs.
[var. of male n.1; but the origin of the form is obscure: cf. It. melo, Gr. µῆλον.]
An apple; an apple-tree.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. iii. 891 The meles round, ycald orbiculer [L. mala rotunda], Withowton care a yer may keped be. Ibid. iv. 517 In hymsylf graffe hym in ffeueryere, In mele also; ek graffe hym in the pere [L. inseritur..in se et in pyro et in malo].
▪ II. † mele, v. Obs.
Forms: 1 mǽlan, 3 Ormin mælenn, 3–4 meile, (4 meille, 5 meill), 3–5 mele, (3 meale).
[OE. mǽlan = ON. mǽla (Da. mæle):—*mǣljan, f. OE. mǽl, ON. mál speech: see mail n.2]
intr. and trans. To speak, tell.
c1000Ags. Ps. (Th.) lxxxiv. 7 Hwæt me haliᵹ God, on minum mod-sefan, mælan wille. c1200Ormin 2919 Off all þatt tatt he wile don & tatt he wile mælenn. a1225Leg. Kath. 1245 Hwil þis eadi meiden motede & mealde þis & muchele mare. a1300Cursor M. 27214 And þar him-self wit word he meild bath of his youthed and his eild. c1350Will. Palerne 621 What man so ich mete wiþ or mele wiþ speche. c1470Henry Wallace x. 1063 Off king Eduuard ȝeit mar furth will I meill.
Hence † meling vbl. n., talking, conversation.
c1350Will. Palerne 760 Ȝif meliors wiþ hire maydenes in meling þere sete.
▪ III. mele
see meal, medle, mell. |