mæþel

mæþel

Old English

Alternative forms

• mæðel, meðel – edh spelling
• medel, meþel

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *maþlą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæ.θel/, [ˈmæ.ðel]

Noun

mæþel n (nominative plural mæþlu)

1. assembly, deliberative or judicial meeting

   on mæþle

   in or at assembly

2. speech, address, conversation

   on mæþle

   in conversation

Declension

Declension of mæþel (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	mæþel	mæþlu
accusative	mæþel	mæþlu
genitive	mæþles	mæþla
dative	mæþle	mæþlum

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “MÆÐEL”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.