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English
Pronunciation
Noun
nale (plural nales)
- Obsolete form of nail.
1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, (Coverdale Bible), : , →OCLC, Jeremy [Jeremiah] x:[3–4], folio xxviii, verso:They hewe downe a tre in the wod with the hondes of the woꝛke man, and faſhion it with the axe: they couer it ouer with golde oꝛ ſyluer, they faſten it wt nales and hammers, that it moue not.
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Anagrams
- lane, Lena, enal, lean, neal, Elan, elan, élan, Lean, ELAN, Neal, Lane, Alen, Alne
Middle English
Noun
nale (plural nales)
- alehouse
1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Freres Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, ,
→OCLC; republished in [
William Thynne], editor,
The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, ,
:
[
Richard Grafton for]
Iohn Reynes ,
1542,
→OCLC:
Silesian
Etymology
Univerbation of no + ale.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈna.lɛ/
- Rhymes: -alɛ
- Syllabification: na‧le
Conjunction
nale
- but
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