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English
Etymology
From Middle English milwell (amid many other forms), from Anglo-Norman meluel (amid other forms) and Old French moluel, probably from moruel, from Old Breton mor (“sea”) (from Proto-Brythonic *mor) + Old French lus and luz (“pike, [as sea-luce] hake”) + -el (diminutive suffix).[1]
Noun
milwell (plural milwells)
- (Scotland, dialectal or historical) The Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua).
References
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "milwell, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2002.
Middle English
- melewel, melewell, mellewelle
- meluel, melvel, melwel
- milewel, milewell, millevell; millewell
- miluel, milvel, milwel, milwell, milwelle
- mollewelle
- mulewel, mulewell, muluwelle
- muluel, mulvel, mulvelle, mulwel, mulwell, mulwelle, mulwyl
- myllewell, myllewelle
- myllwell, myluel, mylwel, mylwell
- milwyn, myllwyn
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman; see the English section above.
Noun
milwell
- milwell: the Atlantic cod
Derived terms
Descendants