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1 MEL
I)n. time, moment (á því méli dreif lið til hans).n. pl. mouth-bit of a bridle.* * *or mél, also mæl, n. [another form of mál (q. v.), but only used in a temporal sense; Ulf. mél = καιρός and χρόνος]:—time, a while; hann skal leggja á eigi skemra mel ( not shorter notice than) en viku stefnu, Grág. ii. 349: in the phrase, eða meira meli, or a longer time; þrem nóttum fyrr eða meira meli …, fjórtán nóttum fyrr, eðr meira meli, a fortnight or more, Kb. i. 85; þá skulu þeir kveðja nótt fyrr en dómar fara út, eða meira meli, Sb. ii. 105; sjáu nóttum fyrr, eða meira mæli, Kb. 13.2. the nick of time, the phrase, á því meli, at that time, moment, Grág. i. 392; á því meli er hann spurði sökina, 473; á því meli dreif til hans lið, Fms. viii. 27; en á þessu meli réð Knútr fyrir Englandi, x. 397; ok á því meli (mæli Ed.) er Björn var ór landi varð höfðingja skipti í Noregi, Bjarn. 13; ok vildi hann eigi útan fara á því meli (i. e. during the three years of outlawry), Glúm. 371; á várþingi eða á því meli, … á várþingi eða á því mæli sem nú var tínt, Grág. ii. 248; á skömmu mæli, within a short time, 655 xvii. 6; ok á þessu mæli, er Hákon svarfaðisk þar um á Gautlandi, Fms. xi. 40; þá er enn maðr leystr ór strenginum á því mælinu, 152; á því meli er var í milli andláts hans ok upptekningar hans, in the meantime between …, Bs. i. 194.
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