"-mælum" meaning in Old English

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        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "-meal"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "-mele"
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *-mālum. Identical to the dative/instrumental plural of mǣl (“time, occasion”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-mǣlum",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "-mǣlum",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "-mǣlum"
      },
      "expansion": "-mǣlum",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "suffix",
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        {
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          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "bit by bit",
          "text": "bitmǣlum",
          "translation": "bit by bit",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "drop by drop",
          "text": "dropmǣlum",
          "translation": "drop by drop",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "in flocks, in droves",
          "text": "flocmǣlum",
          "translation": "in flocks, in droves",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "year by year",
          "text": "ġēarmǣlum",
          "translation": "year by year",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "in groups",
          "text": "hēapmǣlum",
          "translation": "in groups",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "limb from limb",
          "text": "limmǣlum",
          "translation": "limb from limb",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "step by step",
          "text": "stæpmǣlum",
          "translation": "step by step",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "piece by piece",
          "text": "styċċemǣlum",
          "translation": "piece by piece",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "by the thousands",
          "text": "þūsendmǣlum",
          "translation": "by the thousands",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to denote a fixed amount of something at a time"
      ],
      "id": "en--mælum-ang-suffix-gtYbs2-H",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmæː.lum/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-mælum"
}

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          "lang_code": "en",
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        }
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      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "-mele"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *-mālum. Identical to the dative/instrumental plural of mǣl (“time, occasion”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-mǣlum",
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      ]
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "suffix",
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        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "bit by bit",
          "text": "bitmǣlum",
          "translation": "bit by bit",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "drop by drop",
          "text": "dropmǣlum",
          "translation": "drop by drop",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "in flocks, in droves",
          "text": "flocmǣlum",
          "translation": "in flocks, in droves",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "year by year",
          "text": "ġēarmǣlum",
          "translation": "year by year",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "in groups",
          "text": "hēapmǣlum",
          "translation": "in groups",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "limb from limb",
          "text": "limmǣlum",
          "translation": "limb from limb",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "step by step",
          "text": "stæpmǣlum",
          "translation": "step by step",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "piece by piece",
          "text": "styċċemǣlum",
          "translation": "piece by piece",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "by the thousands",
          "text": "þūsendmǣlum",
          "translation": "by the thousands",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to denote a fixed amount of something at a time"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmæː.lum/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-mælum"
}