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medel

See also: Medel, mędel, and medel-

Old English

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Noun

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medel n

  1. alternative form of mæþel

Polish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    medel m inan

    1. (Kielce) handful of harvested grain

    Further reading

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    • Władysław Siarkowski (1878), “medel”, in “Materiały do etnografii ludu polskiego z okolic Kielc”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowej (in Polish), volume 2, chapter 3, Krakow: Komisyja Antropologiczna Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, page 249

    Slovene

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    Participle

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    mẹ̄dəł

    1. masculine singular l-participle of mesti

    Swedish

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    Etymology

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    Known from Old Swedish midhel, middel, medhel, from Middle Low German middel, from Old Saxon middil, from Proto-Germanic *midlą.

    Same as German Mittel and English middle. The stand-alone adjective is archaic, but lives on as the superlative medelst, as a prefix medel- and many related words, e.g. emellertid.

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    Noun

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    medel n

    2. a means (to an end)
      Ändamålet helgar medlen
      The end justifies the means
      Han skyr inga medel
      He will stop at nothing [shuns no means]
      Monstren måste bekämpas med alla tillgängliga medel
      The monsters must be fought with all available means
    3. an agent (substance used for a specific purpose)
      diskmedel
      dish soap, washing-up liquid [diska (“do the dishes”) agent]
      tvättmedel
      detergent [wash agent]
      laxermedel
      laxative [purge agent]
      läkemedel
      medicine / drug [heal agent]
      sötningsmedel
      sweetener [sweetening agent]
      klumpförebyggande medel
      anti-caking agent
      ett farligt medel som Livsmedelsverket har satt en användningsgräns för
      a dangerous agent for which the National Food Administration has set a usage limit
    4. money, capital, funding
      med egna medel
      with one's own money, by one's own means
      Ska du söka medel för din forskning?
      Will you apply for funding for your research?
    5. a mean, an average, a centre, a middle
      att beräkna ett medelvärde
      to calculate a mean / average
      medelklass
      middle class

    Declension

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    Declension of medel
    nominative genitive
    singular indefinite medel medels
    definite medlet medlets
    plural indefinite medel medels
    definite medlen medlens

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