flocmælum

flocmælum

Old English

Alternative forms

• floccmǣlum

Etymology

From flocc +‎ -mǣlum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflokˌmæː.lum/

Adverb

flocmǣlum

1. in flocks, (figuratively) in droves
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Purification of St. Mary"

     Culfran sind swīðe unsċeþþiġe fuglas and bilewite, and hīe lufiaþ ānnesse and flēogaþ him flocmǣlum.

     Pigeons are very gentle and innocent birds, and they love unity and travel in flocks.

Descendants

• Middle English: flockmel
  • English: flockmeal

Further reading

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