"stæpmælum" meaning in Old English

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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "*stapmele",
            "3": "*stepemele"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: *stapmele, *stepemele",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: *stapmele, *stepemele"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "stepmeal"
          },
          "expansion": "English: stepmeal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: stepmeal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*stapimālum"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *stapimālum",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "stapfmālum"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German stapfmālum",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "stæpe",
        "3": "mǣlum"
      },
      "expansion": "stæpe + -mǣlum",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *stapimālum. Cognate with Old High German stapfmālum. Equivalent to stæpe + -mǣlum.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "stæpmǣlum",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stæpmǣlum"
      },
      "expansion": "stæpmǣlum",
      "name": "ang-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English terms suffixed with -mælum",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "step by step; gradually, by degrees"
      ],
      "id": "en-stæpmælum-ang-adv-GTf4rwJM",
      "links": [
        [
          "step by step",
          "step by step"
        ],
        [
          "gradually",
          "gradually"
        ],
        [
          "by degrees",
          "by degrees"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstæpˌmæː.lum/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stæpmælum"
}

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "*stapmele",
            "3": "*stepemele"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: *stapmele, *stepemele",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: *stapmele, *stepemele"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "stepmeal"
          },
          "expansion": "English: stepmeal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: stepmeal"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*stapimālum"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *stapimālum",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "stapfmālum"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German stapfmālum",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "stæpe",
        "3": "mǣlum"
      },
      "expansion": "stæpe + -mǣlum",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *stapimālum. Cognate with Old High German stapfmālum. Equivalent to stæpe + -mǣlum.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "stæpmǣlum",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stæpmǣlum"
      },
      "expansion": "stæpmǣlum",
      "name": "ang-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English adverbs",
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms suffixed with -mælum",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "step by step; gradually, by degrees"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "step by step",
          "step by step"
        ],
        [
          "gradually",
          "gradually"
        ],
        [
          "by degrees",
          "by degrees"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstæpˌmæː.lum/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stæpmælum"
}