mealm

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *malmaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mæ͜ɑlm/, [mæ͜ɑɫm]

Noun

mealm m

sand, chalk

Declension

Declension of mealm (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	mealm	mealmas
accusative	mealm	mealmas
genitive	mealmes	mealma
dative	mealme	mealmum

Derived terms

mealmiht
mealmstān

Descendants

Middle English: malme
- Scots: maum; maumie
- English: malm, maulm, maum, mawm

References

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

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