medle

English

Verb

medle (third-person singular simple present medles, present participle medling, simple past and past participle medled)

1. Obsolete form of meddle.
   • 1579, Plutarke of Chæronea [i.e., Plutarch], “Agis and Cleomenes”, in Thomas North, transl., The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, […], London: […] Richard Field, →OCLC, page 851:

     But the young man Hippomedon making her priuie vnto it, at the firſt ſhe was amaſed withall, and bad him hold his peace if he were wiſe, and not medle in matters vnpoſſible and vnprofitable.

Czech

Alternative forms

• mnedle

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech mnedle/medle, from mne +‎ dle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛdlɛ]

Adverb

medle

1. (dated) then

   Synonyms: tedy, pak

   Kam se medle všichni poděli? ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Further reading

• medle in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• medle in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Middle English

Alternative forms

• meyle, mele, melde

Etymology

From Old French medle, mesle, from Latin mespilum, from Ancient Greek μέσπιλον (méspilon).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛdlə/, /ˈmɛdəl/, /ˈmɛːl(ə)/

Noun

medle (rare)

1. The fruit of the common medlar (Crataegus germanica, syn. Mespilus germanica)

Related terms

• medler

References

• “medle, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-05-19.