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

1. by groups
2. in heaps

Descendants

• Middle English: *hepemele
  • English: heapmeal

References

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