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hamel

  • adjective
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Grammar
hamel, (?); adj.
Broken, rugged
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  • Æt hamelan dene,

      C. D. iii. 362, 36.
  • On þonne þriddan hlinc ðe tó hamelan dúnæ hýrð . . . on ðá mearce ðe tó hamelan dúne hýrð, v. 361,

      30-362, 1.
  • Cf. Andlang streámes tó brocenan beorge,

      C. D. B. ii. 245, 34.
Etymology
[Cf. O. H. Ger. hamal-scorrun praeruptum (montis): M. H. Ger. hamel a rugged height, crag.]
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v. hamelian.
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