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smale

smale

Middle English

Adjective

smale

  1. small
    And smale foweles maken melodye,
    That slepen al the nyght with open ye
    - General Prologue, Canterbury Tales, ll. 9-10

Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse smali. Compare German Schmalkalb.

Noun

smale m

  1. (dialectal) sheep

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

smale

  1. definite singular of smal
  2. plural of smal

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

smale

  1. definite singular of smal
  2. plural of smal

Swedish

Adjective

smale

  1. absolute definite natural masculine form of smal.