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Mell

//mɛl// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    Discourse; conversation. UK, dialectal
  2. 2
    Honey. obsolete, uncountable

    "Her ſmyles were ſober, and her lookes were chearfull vnto all: / And ſuch as neither wanton ſeeme, noꝛ waward, mell, noꝛ gall."

  3. 3
    The last grain cut at harvest; kern uncountable
  4. 4
    A heavy hammer or beetle of metal or wood. dialectal
  5. 5
    A mace or club. obsolete
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  1. 6
    A chairman's hammer. obsolete
Verb
  1. 1
    To say (something); to speak, to tell. British, dialectal, transitive
  2. 2
    To deal, concern oneself; to interfere or meddle. dialectal, intransitive, obsolete

    "For wher so we dwell / Deth wyll us qwell / And with us mell."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English melen, mælen, from Old English mǣlan (“to speak, talk”), from mǣl (“speech, talk, conversation; dispute, contest, battle”) and māl (“suit, case, action, terms, agreement, covenanted pay”), both from Proto-Germanic *mahlą (“meeting, congress, speech”), alteration of *maþlą (“meeting, congress, speech”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to meet, encounter”). Cognate with Scots mele (“to speak, converse, tell”), Danish mæle (“to speak, utter”), Icelandic mæla (“to speak, say”), Old High German mahalōn (“to charge, accuse, proscecute”), German vermählen (“to wed, marry”). More at blackmail.

Etymology 2

From Middle English melen, mælen, from Old English mǣlan (“to speak, talk”), from mǣl (“speech, talk, conversation; dispute, contest, battle”) and māl (“suit, case, action, terms, agreement, covenanted pay”), both from Proto-Germanic *mahlą (“meeting, congress, speech”), alteration of *maþlą (“meeting, congress, speech”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to meet, encounter”). Cognate with Scots mele (“to speak, converse, tell”), Danish mæle (“to speak, utter”), Icelandic mæla (“to speak, say”), Old High German mahalōn (“to charge, accuse, proscecute”), German vermählen (“to wed, marry”). More at blackmail.

Etymology 3

From Middle English mellen, medlen, from Old French meller, mesler (“to mix, mingle”). Doublet of meddle.

Etymology 4

From Middle English mel, mell, melle, from Latin mell-, mel. Doublet of mel.

Etymology 5

A variant form of maul.

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