See mæl on Wiktionary
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],
[
"occasion",
"occasion"
],
[
"season",
"season"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Old English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "He fed at one meal five thousand men. (Wulfstan)",
"text": "He gereordade æt anum mæle fif þusend manna",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"the time for eating, meal-time, a meal"
],
"links": [
[
"meal",
"meal"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mæːl/"
}
],
"word": "mæl"
}
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