mell

Meanings

1. To say (something); to speak, to tell.

1. Discourse; conversation.

1. To deal, concern oneself; to interfere or meddle.

1. Honey.

1. The last grain cut at harvest; kern

1. A heavy hammer or beetle of metal or wood.
2. A mace or club.
3. A chairman's hammer.

1. A surname.

Etymology

From Middle English melen, mælen, from Old English mǣlan (“to speak, talk”), from mǣl (“speech, talk, conversation; dispute, contest, battle”) and māl (“suit, case, action, terms, agreement, covenanted pay”), both from Proto-Germanic *mahlą (“meeting, congress, speech”), alteration of *maþlą (“meeting, congress, speech”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to meet, encounter”). Cognate with Scots mele (“to speak, converse, tell”), Danish mæle (“to speak, utter”), Icelandic mæla (“to speak, say”), Old High German mahalōn (“to charge, accuse, proscecute”), German vermählen (“to wed, marry”). More at blackmail.