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mell¹

  • /mɛl/

Rhymes with -ɛl

Where it 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 mells · melling · melled · mele

  1. UK, dialectal, transitive To say (something); to speak, to tell.

noun mele

  1. UK, dialectal Discourse; conversation.

mell²

  • /mɛl/

Rhymes with -ɛl

Where it comes from

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

verb mells · melling · melled

  1. dialectal, intransitive, obsolete To deal, concern oneself; to interfere or meddle. For wher so we dwell / Deth wyll us qwell / And with us mell.

mell³

  • /mɛl/

Rhymes with -ɛl

Where it comes from

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

noun

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

mell⁴

  • /mɛl/

Rhymes with -ɛl

noun

  1. uncountable The last grain cut at harvest; kern

mell⁵

  • /mɛl/

Rhymes with -ɛl

Where it comes from

A variant form of maul.

noun mells

  1. dialectal A heavy hammer or beetle of metal or wood.
  2. obsolete A mace or club.
  3. obsolete A chairman's hammer.

Mell⁶

proper noun Mells

  1. A surname.

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@misc{mell_2026,
  title = {mell},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mell},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}