† mittellSc.Obs.rare. Forms: 5 myttal, mytall, 6 myttell. [Of obscure origin: cf. mittane.] ‘A bird of prey of the hawk kind’ (Jam.). 1457Sc. Acts Jas. II, c. 32 (1814) II. 51 Vþer foulys of reif as ernys bussardes gleddes and myttalles [v.r. (1566) mittalis].1500–20[see mittane].