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† iˈmelle, prep. and adv. Obs.
Also 4 in melle, 4 ymel, 5 ymelle.
[Of Norse origin: cf. OSw. i mælli, Sw. emellan, Da. imellem = ON. í milli, í millum, f. ON. meðal middle; cf. amelle.]
A. prep. Amid, among.
13..E.E. Allit. P. A. 1126 To loue þe lombe his meyny in melle. c1386Chaucer Reeve's T. 251 (Ellesm. & Heng.) Lo whilk a cowplyng is ymel [Other MSS. a-mong, be twene, bitwixe, ytwix] hem alle. c1400Rowland & O. 84 Oure noble kynge..His doghety men I-melle. c1440MS. Linc. Med. lf. 287 (Halliw.) Whenne the leves are dryede ynowghe and bakene y-melle the stones.
B. adv. Together; = among adv. 3.
c1420Liber Cocorum (1862) 24 Hew þyn henne and do þer to þenne Þy henne and ȝolkes of eyren imelle. |