Middle English Dictionary Entry
mamelen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | mamelen v. Also mamel(e, mamle, mam(e)li. |
| Etymology | Prob. imitative. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. mameren, momelen v.
1.
To babble; talk foolishly.
Associated quotations
- a1275(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Trin-C B.14.39)104/312 : For þanne mud mamelit more þanne hit solde.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)5.21 : Of þis mater I miȝte mamele [vrr. mamel, mamle; B: mamely; vr. mamly] wel longe.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)11.408 : Adam, whiles he spak nouȝt, had paradys at wille; Ac whan he mameled aboute mete and entermeted to knowe Þe wisdom and þe witte of god, he was put fram blisse.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)160/27 : Þes men han dronken so moche of muste..þat þay ben all dronken, and mameluth þay wot not what.