smale

smale

1. Alternative form of smal
   • Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, ll. 9–10:
     • And smale foweles maken melodye,
       That slepen al the nyght with open ye.

       And small birds make melody,
       That sleep all the night with open eye.

From Old Norse smali. Compare German Schmalkalb.

smale m

1. (dialectal) sheep

smale

1. inflection of smal:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

From Old Norse smali.

• IPA^(key): /²smɑːlə/

smale m (definite singular smalen, indefinite plural smalar, definite plural smalane)

1. sheep
2. collective term for sheep and goats

   Eg skal ut og leita etter smalen.

   I'm going out to look for my [herd of] sheep.

Most often used in the singular to refer to sheep collectively.

smale

1. inflection of smal:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

• “smale” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

smale

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of smal.

• males, semla