"dale" meaning in Middle English

See dale in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /daːl/, /dɛːl/, /dal/
Etymology: From Old English dæl, from Proto-West Germanic *dal. Etymology templates: {{dercat|enm|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|enm|ang|dæl}} Old English dæl, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*dal}} Proto-West Germanic *dal Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} dale, {{enm-noun|dales}} dale (plural dales) Forms: dales [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], dale [accusative, nominative, singular], dales [accusative, nominative, plural], dale [genitive, singular], dales [genitive, plural], dale [dative, singular], dalen [dative, plural], dæle [alternative], deale [alternative]
  1. A dale or valley.
    Sense id: en-dale-enm-noun-qMrd~ClS Categories (other): Landforms Disambiguation of Landforms: 62 38
  2. (rare) A hole or barrow. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-dale-enm-noun-XJumEUhS Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: dalke (english: probably)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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