hamel

English

Verb

hamel (third-person singular simple present hamels, present participle hameling, simple past and past participle hameled)

1. Alternative form of hamble

Anagrams

• almeh, hemal

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hamel, from Old Dutch *hamal, from Proto-Germanic *hamalaz (“mutilated, castrated”). Cognate with German Hammel. Further origin uncertain; perhaps related to ham (“bacon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦaː.məl/

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• Hyphenation: ha‧mel

Noun

hamel m (plural hamels, diminutive hameltje n)

1. wether, a castrated ram (male sheep)

Derived terms

• belhamel
• hamelbout
• hamelsoep
• hamelvlees

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hamalaz (“mutilated”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɑ.mel/, [ˈhɑ.mel]

Adjective

hamel

1. broken, rugged

Declension

Declension of hamel — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hamel	hamel	hamel
Accusative	hamelne	hamele	hamel
Genitive	hameles	hamelre	hameles
Dative	hamelum	hamelre	hamelum
Instrumental	hamele	hamelre	hamele
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hamele	hamela, hamele	hamel
Accusative	hamele	hamela, hamele	hamel
Genitive	hamelra	hamelra	hamelra
Dative	hamelum	hamelum	hamelum
Instrumental	hamelum	hamelum	hamelum

Declension of hamel — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hamela	hamele	hamele
Accusative	hamelan	hamelan	hamele
Genitive	hamelan	hamelan	hamelan
Dative	hamelan	hamelan	hamelan
Instrumental	hamelan	hamelan	hamelan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hamelan	hamelan	hamelan
Accusative	hamelan	hamelan	hamelan
Genitive	hamelra, hamelena	hamelra, hamelena	hamelra, hamelena
Dative	hamelum	hamelum	hamelum
Instrumental	hamelum	hamelum	hamelum

Derived terms

• hamelian

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hamel”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.