stæpmælum

Old English

Etymology

From stæpe +‎ -mǣlum. Cognate with Old High German stapfmālum.

Adverb

stæpmǣlum

  1. step by step, gradually, by degrees.

Descendants
  • Middle English: *stapmele, *stepemele

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