Explore Máel through 10+ example sentences from English. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Máel in a sentence
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Using Máel
- In the example corpus, máel often appears in combinations such as: máel coluim, máel muire, this máel.
Context around Máel
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Máel
- In this selection, "máel" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sister, iii, misidentified, coluim and muire stand out and add context to how "máel" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include innocently misidentified máel coluim with and kings when máel muire died. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "máel" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with máel
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This Máel Coluim has traditionally been identified with the later Malcolm III. (12 words)
AU 866.4 Áed Findliath was married to Causantín's sister Máel Muire. (13 words)
However, it is not certain that Domnall's father was this Máel Coluim. (13 words)
What is to be understood by "let" or "commended" is unclear, but it may well mean that Máel Coluim had been the overlord of Strathclyde and that Edmund recognised this while taking lands in southern Cumbria for himself. (38 words)
Oram, David I, p. 29 A. A. M. Duncan argued in 2002 that, using the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle entry as their source, later writers innocently misidentified "Máel Coluim" with the later Scottish king of the same name. (37 words)
John of Fordun wrote that Duncan's wife fled Scotland, taking her children, including the future kings Malcolm III (Máel Coluim mac Donnchada) and Donald III (Domnall Bán mac Donnchada, or Donalbane) with her. (34 words)
Example sentences (10)
An English invasion in 1054, with Siward, Earl of Northumbria in command, had as its goal the installation of one "Máel Coluim, son of the King of the Cumbrians".
As the wife and mother of kings, when Máel Muire died in 913, her death was reported by the Annals of Ulster, an unusual thing for the male-centred chronicles of the age.
AU 866.4 Áed Findliath was married to Causantín's sister Máel Muire.
However, it is not certain that Domnall's father was this Máel Coluim.
Hudson, Prophecy of Berchán, p. 223; Duncan, Kingship of the Scots, p. 33. Tigernach's chronicle says only: Máel Coluim son of Cináed, king of Alba, the honour of western Europe, died.
John of Fordun wrote that Duncan's wife fled Scotland, taking her children, including the future kings Malcolm III (Máel Coluim mac Donnchada) and Donald III (Domnall Bán mac Donnchada, or Donalbane) with her.
Oram, David I, p. 29 A. A. M. Duncan argued in 2002 that, using the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle entry as their source, later writers innocently misidentified "Máel Coluim" with the later Scottish king of the same name.
The Leinster-Norse alliance was defeated, and both commanders, Sigurd and Máel Mórda, were killed.
This Máel Coluim has traditionally been identified with the later Malcolm III.
What is to be understood by "let" or "commended" is unclear, but it may well mean that Máel Coluim had been the overlord of Strathclyde and that Edmund recognised this while taking lands in southern Cumbria for himself.
Common combinations with máel
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: