milwell

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English milwell (amid many other forms), from Anglo-Norman meluel (amid other forms) and Old French moluel, probably from moruel, from Old Breton mor (sea) + Old French lus and luz (pike, [as sea-luce] hake) + -el (diminutive suffix).[1]

Noun

milwell (plural milwells)

  1. (Scotland, dialectal or historical) The Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua).

References

  1. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "milwell, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2002.

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman; see the English section above.

Noun

milwell

  1. milwell: the Atlantic cod

Derived terms

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