"tale" meaning in Middle Dutch

See tale in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈtaːlə/ Forms: tāle [canonical, feminine]
Etymology: From Old Dutch *tala, from Proto-West Germanic *talu, from Proto-Germanic *talō. Etymology templates: {{inh|dum|odt|*tala}} Old Dutch *tala, {{inh|dum|gmw-pro|*talu}} Proto-West Germanic *talu, {{inh|dum|gem-pro|*talō}} Proto-Germanic *talō Head templates: {{head|dum|noun||{{{stem}}}-||{{{stem2}}}-|cat2=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=tāle|head2=|sort=}} tāle f, {{dum-noun|f|head=tāle}} tāle f
  1. spoken or written words, that which someone says
    Sense id: en-tale-dum-noun-s9hs98RU
  2. language
    Sense id: en-tale-dum-noun-pO8wS6Qq Categories (other): Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Language Disambiguation of Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of Language: 0 100
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