mell

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Discourse; conversation. UK,dialectal
  2. Honey. obsolete,uncountable
    — Her ſmyles were ſober, and her lookes were chearfull vnto all: / And ſuch as neither wanton ſeeme, noꝛ waward, mell, noꝛ gall.
  3. The last grain cut at harvest; kern uncountable
  4. A heavy hammer or beetle of metal or wood. dialectal
  5. A mace or club. obsolete
  6. A chairman's hammer. obsolete
动词 v.
  1. To say (something); to speak, to tell. UK,dialectal,transitive
  2. To deal, concern oneself; to interfere or meddle. dialectal,intransitive,obsolete
    — For wher so we dwell / Deth wyll us qwell / And with us mell.

词形变化

mells present,singular,third-person melling participle,present melled participle,past melled past mele alternative mele alternative mells present,singular,third-person melling participle,present melled participle,past melled past mells plural

词汇关系

相关词
mell of a hess pell-mell

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
From Middle English mellen, medlen, from Old French meller, mesler (“to mix, mingle”). Doublet of meddle.
词源 3
From Middle English mel, mell, melle, from Latin mell-, mel. Doublet of mel.
词源 4
A variant form of maul.
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