hamelen

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === homelen, heomelen, hamlen === Etymology === From Old English hamelian, possibly from Old Norse (compare Icelandic hamla (“to maim, mutilate”)), from Proto-Germanic *hamalōną, *hamlōną (“to mutilate”), from Proto-Indo-European *kem- (“hornless; mutilated”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈha.mə.lən/ === Verb === hamelen (third-person singular simple present hameleth, present participle hamelende, hamelynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative hamelede, hamlede, past participle hameled, ihamled) To maim, to mutilate. To cut short, to truncate. ==== Descendants ==== English: hamble, hummel (probably) === References ===