hamel

== English == === Verb === hamel (third-person singular simple present hamels, present participle (US) hameling or (UK) hamelling, simple past and past participle (US) hameled or (UK) hamelled) Alternative form of hamble. === Anagrams === almeh, hemal == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch hamel, from Old Dutch *hamal, from Proto-Germanic *hamalaz (“mutilated, castrated”). Cognate with German Hammel. Further origin uncertain; perhaps related to ham (“bacon”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɦaː.məl/ Hyphenation: ha‧mel === Noun === hamel m (plural hamels, diminutive hameltje n) wether, a castrated ram (male sheep) ==== Derived terms ==== belhamel hamelbout hamelsoep hamelvlees == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *hamalaz (“mutilated”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxɑ.mel/, [ˈhɑ.mel] === Adjective === hamel broken, rugged ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== hamelian === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “hamel”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.