nale
English
Etymology
A corrupt form arising from the older "at þen ale".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /neɪl/
- Homophone: nail
Noun
nale
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for nale in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Middle English
Noun
nale (plural nales)
- alehouse
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Freres Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:
- great feastes at the nale
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
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Silesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈna.lɛ/
- Syllabification: na‧le
Further reading
- nale in silling.org
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