milwell

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milwell

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From Middle English milwell (amid many other forms), from Anglo-Norman meluel (amid other forms) and Old French moluel, probably from moruel, from Old Breton mor (“sea”) (from Proto-Brythonic *mor) + Old French lus and luz (“pike, [as sea-luce] hake”) + -el (diminutive suffix). Cognate with modern French morue.

noun milwells · millwell · mulvil · melwell · mellwell · myllewell

Scotland, dialectal, historical The Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua).

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@misc{milwell_2026,
  title = {milwell},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/milwell},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}