mæhð = [mægð]
[ mǣl] I. (ā, ē) n. mark, sign, ornament: cross, crucifix: armour, harness, sword: measure, Lcd: (†) time, point of time, occasion, season: time for eating, ‘meal,’ meals, CP; Æ.
[II.] f. (†) talk, conversation: contest, battle. [[mæðel]]
[ +mǣl] stained, dyed, An 1333.
[ +mǣlan] to mark, stain, Jul 591.
[ ±mǣlan] † to speak, talk, Gen. [‘i-mele’; mæðlan]
[ mǣlcearu] f. trouble of the time, B 189.
mæld- = meld-