flocmælum in Old English

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{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "flockmeal"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "flockmel"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From flocc + -mǣlum.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "flocmǣlum",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "floccmǣlum",
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  ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Pigeons are very gentle and innocent birds, and they love unity and travel in flocks.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"On the Purification of St. Mary\"\nCulfran sind swīðe unsċeþþiġe fuglas and bilewite, and hīe lufiaþ ānnesse and flēogaþ him flocmǣlum.",
          "translation": "Pigeons are very gentle and innocent birds, and they love unity and travel in flocks.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in flocks, (figuratively) in droves"
      ],
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        [
          "in droves",
          "in droves"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈflokˌmæː.lum/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "flocmælum"
}

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{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "flockmeal"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "flockmel"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "flocc",
        "3": "mǣlum"
      },
      "expansion": "flocc + -mǣlum",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From flocc + -mǣlum.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "flocmǣlum",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "floccmǣlum",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
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    }
  ],
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        "1": "flocmǣlum"
      },
      "expansion": "flocmǣlum",
      "name": "ang-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Old English adverbs",
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English terms suffixed with -mælum",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Pigeons are very gentle and innocent birds, and they love unity and travel in flocks.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"On the Purification of St. Mary\"\nCulfran sind swīðe unsċeþþiġe fuglas and bilewite, and hīe lufiaþ ānnesse and flēogaþ him flocmǣlum.",
          "translation": "Pigeons are very gentle and innocent birds, and they love unity and travel in flocks.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in flocks, (figuratively) in droves"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flocks",
          "flocks"
        ],
        [
          "in droves",
          "in droves"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈflokˌmæː.lum/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "flocmælum"
}

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"flocmælum" meaning in Old English

Adverb