-mælum
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Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *-mālum. Identical to the dative/instrumental plural of mǣl (“time, occasion”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-mǣlum
- used to denote a fixed amount of something at a time
- bitmǣlum ― bit by bit
- dropmǣlum ― drop by drop
- flocmǣlum ― in flocks, in droves
- ġēarmǣlum ― year by year
- hēapmǣlum ― in groups
- limmǣlum ― limb from limb
- stæpmǣlum ― step by step
- styċċemǣlum ― piece by piece
- þūsendmǣlum ― by the thousands