medle
medle is the obsolete form of meddle.
Meaning of meddle
Verb
meddle (third-person singular simple present meddles, present participle meddling, simple past and past participle meddled)
- To interfere in or with; to concern oneself with unduly.
- […] why ſhouldeſt thou meddle to thy hurt,[…]?1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Kings 14:10, column 2
- Synonyms:
- dabble, stick one's nose into, stick one's oar in
- To interest or engage oneself; to have to do (with), in a good sense.
- […]ſtuddy to be quyet / and to medle with youre owne buſynes[…].1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, 1 Thessalonians iiij:[11], folio cclxx, verso
- To mix (something) with some other substance; to commingle, combine, blend.
- [H]e cutt a lock of all their heare, / Which medling with their blood & earth, he threw / Into the graue,[…].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 204
- Synonyms:
- bemingle, combine, ming, admix, amalgamate, blend, commingle, intermingle, intermix, involve
- To have sex.
- But after god came to Adam and bad hym knowe his wyf flesshly as nature requyred / Soo lay Adam with his wyf vnder the same tree / and anone the tree whiche was whyte and ful grene as ony grasse and alle that came oute of hit / and in the same tyme that they medled to gyders there was Abel begoten...1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter V, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVII
Forms of medle
| third-person singular present | medles |
|---|---|
| present participle | medling |
| past participle | medled |
| past | medled |
Questions about medle
- What is medle the obsolete form of?
- Medle is the obsolete form of meddle.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: medle (page history and authors); meddle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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