mell

Meaning

Verb

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

Noun

Discourse; conversation.

Noun

Honey.

Noun

The last grain cut at harvest; kern

Noun

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

Synonyms

blend

busy

combine

concern

deal

fetor

hum

interfere

meddle

mingle

mix

occupy

pong

rankness

reek

smelliness

stench

stink

treat

niff

Translations

يمزج

mischen

fetore

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mɛl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: melen

Inherited from Old English: mǣlan

Cognate with Scots: mele

Cognate with Danish: mæle

Cognate with Icelandic: mæla

Cognate with Old High German: mahalōn

Cognate with German: vermählen

In summary

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.