maln

Middle High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German malan, from Proto-West Germanic *malan, from Proto-Germanic *malaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈmaln/

Verb

maln (class 6 strong, third-person singular present melt, past tense muol, past participle gemaln, past subjunctive müele, auxiliary hān)

  1. (transitive) [with accusative] to grind

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Bavarian: måhln, moihn
  • German: mahlen
  • Luxembourgish: muelen
  • Mòcheno: moln

References

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “maln”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
  • "maln" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)