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l
N (n, strong)
language;
speech
; matter, affair; syntactic unit, sentence; cause
Source:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mal#Old_Norse
Attested in
Viking Language 8.12
Related to:
mæla
"speak"
originates from: PGmc
*maþlą
"gathering"