limmælum

Old English

Etymology

From lim +‎ -mǣlum.

Adverb

limmǣlum

limbmeal, limb by limb , a limb at a time.

Descendants

Middle English: limmel, lymmele
- English: limbmeal, limb-meal

References

limmǽlum in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary

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