Middle English Dictionary Entry
mathelen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | mathelen v. Also meathelen, meadelen. |
| Etymology | OE; cp. WS maþelian, Merc. *meaþelian to speak formally, make a speech. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To talk, chatter; tell (sth.) to (sb.); ~ wordes, speak; ~ to, talk to (sb.).
Associated quotations
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)40/19 : Hare muð meaðeleð [Tit: ma-ðeles, Nero: maþeleð] eauer.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)43/11 : Ne blawe ȝe hire nawt ut wið meaðelinde [Nero: maðelinde] muðes, wið ȝeoniende tuteles.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)48/16 : A meaðelilt þe meaðeleð [Tit: maðeles] hire alle þe talen of þe lond.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)110/17 : To hwam se is idel of god meaðeleð [Cai: Meaþeled] þe feond ȝeorne, & te idele underueð luueliche his lare.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)111/14 : Þe ȝiuere glutun..Meaðeleð [Nero: maðeleð, Cai: Meadeled] mis wordes.
- a1250(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Mdst A.13)105/312 : Hwanne muþ maþeleþ [Trin-C: mamelit] more þanne he scolde, þanne scollen his eren eft it iheren.