Lim-mǽlum

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - lim-mǽlum

According to the Old English Dictionary:

lim-mǽlum
ad (used by Shakspere in Cymbeline), limb by limb, a limb at a time :-- Limmǽlum membratim, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 55: membratim, particulatim, Hpt. Gl, 443, 3: membratim, per singula membra, 486, 44. [Laym. he hine limmele todroh.] lim-mælum

Related words: Limb-meal

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