fotmælum

== Old English == === Etymology === From fōt +‎ -mǣlum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfoːtˌmæː.lum/ === Adverb === fōtmǣlum by footsteps, step by step, by degrees ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: fotmelen, footmele English: footmeal === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “fótmǽlum”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.