heapmælum

Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

hēapmǣlum

by groups
in heaps

Descendants

Middle English: *hepemele
- English: heapmeal

References

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

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