stæpmælum

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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *stapimālum. Cognate with Old High German stapfmālum. Equivalent to stæpe +‎ -mǣlum.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈstæpˌmæː.lum/

Adverb[edit]

stæpmǣlum

step by step; gradually, by degrees

Descendants[edit]

Middle English: *stapmele, *stepemele
- English: stepmeal

References[edit]

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “stæpmǽlum”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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