heapmælum

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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *haupamālum. Cognate with Old High German houfmālum. Equivalent to hēap +‎ -mǣlum.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈxæ͜ɑːpˌmæː.lum/, [ˈhæ͜ɑːpˌmæː.lum]

Adverb[edit]

hēapmǣlum

by groups
in heaps

Descendants[edit]

Middle English: *hepemele
- English: heapmeal

References[edit]

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “heápmælum”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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