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.