mealm

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *malmaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæ͜ɑlm/, [mæ͜ɑɫm]

Noun

mealm m

1. sand, chalk

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	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^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.