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mell - What does it mean?

Definition of 'mell'

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) melen, .

Alternative forms

* (l)

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To speak; converse; tell; say.
  • Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Discourse; conversation.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) mellen, from (etyl) meller, , (l).

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (archaic) To deal, concern oneself; to interfere or meddle.
  • *c. 1495 , (John Skelton), "Vppon a deedman's hed":
  • *:For wher so we dwell / Deth wyll us qwell / And with us mell .
  • * 1819 , , Ivanhoe , ch. 32,
  • “By Saint Thomas of Kent,” said he, “an I buckle to my gear, I will teach thee, sir lazy lover, to mell with thine own matters, maugre thine iron case there!”

    Etymology 3

    See mellifluous.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) honey
  • * Warner
  • Ev'n such as neither wanton seeme, nor waiward, mell , nor gall.
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    Similar to 'mell'

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