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stæp-mǽlum

  • adverb
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stæp-mǽlum, adv.
step by step
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  • Wæs gesewen micel cyrce tó ðære hí stæpmǽlum ástigon (cf. Blickl. Homl. 207, 11),

      Homl. Th. i. 508, 12.
step by step (fig.),
gradually, by degrees
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  • Stæpmǽlum

    gradatim, per singulos gradus,

      Hpt. Gl. 497, 54: Scint. l01, 13.
  • Ðæt mód glít niðor and niðor stæpmǽlum,

      Past. 38; Swt. 279, 3.
  • Suǽ suǽ on sume hlǽdre, stæpmǽlum, proem.; Swt. 23, 17: Shrn. 188, 12.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. stapf-málum gradatim.]
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