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mell.

To say (something); to speak, to tell.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/mɛl/
  1. To say (something); to speak, to tell.

    UK · dialectal · transitive
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/mɛl/
  1. Discourse; conversation.

    UK · dialectal
Where this word comes from

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.

verb/mɛl/
  1. To deal, concern oneself; to interfere or meddle.

    dialectal · intransitive · obsolete
Where this word comes from

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

noun/mɛl/
  1. Honey.

    obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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

noun/mɛl/
  1. The last grain cut at harvest; kern

    uncountable
noun/mɛl/
  1. A heavy hammer or beetle of metal or wood.

    dialectal
  2. A mace or club.

    obsolete
  3. A chairman's hammer.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

A variant form of maul.

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