"dale" meaning in Middle English

See dale in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /daːl/, /dɛːl/, /dal/ 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]
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) Inflection templates: {{enm-decl-noun|dale|dale|dale|dales|dales|dalen}}
  1. A dale or valley. Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-dale-enm-noun-qMrd~ClS Disambiguation of Landforms: 47 53
  2. (rare) A hole or barrow. Tags: rare Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-dale-enm-noun-XJumEUhS Disambiguation of Landforms: 47 53 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dæle [Early-Middle-English], deale Related terms: dalke (english: probably)

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Download JSON data for dale meaning in Middle English (3.3kB)

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