maule

maule

1. Obsolete spelling of maul.

• Alemu, Muela, ulema

maule

1. Alternative form of male

maule

1. Alternative form of male

• maula (a-infinitive)

Etymology unclear. Cognate with Icelandic maula. Perhaps related to German Maul (“mouth of an animal”) or Southern Sami måvladidh (with same meaning as Norwegian). Attested by Jacob Nicolai Wilse in 1780 in his Spydeberg dialect dictionary (spelled as moule).

• IPA^(key): /²mæʉ̯.lə/, /²mæʉ̯.ɽə/, /²mœʉ̯.lə/

maule (present tense maular, past tense maula, past participle maula, passive infinitive maulast, present participle maulande, imperative maule/maul)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to eat by itself, without appropriate accompanying food(s) (e.g. eating the spread without bread, or beef without potatoes)
   • 2014 October 9, Fjuken, page 2:

     Eg maular ikkje smør, og brukar det heller ikkje på noko anna enn hardbrød. Noko av det eg maular mest no er vaniljesaus.

     I don't eat butter by itself. Nor do I use it on anything else than hard bread. Nowadays though, by itself, I mostly eat custard.

2. (transitive, intransitive) to nibble

• mule m
• mumle

• “maule” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.