Middle English Dictionary Entry
hamel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | hamel n. |
| Etymology | OF, from Gmc. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. hamelet.
1.
A small village, hamlet.
Associated quotations
- (1474) RParl.6.118b : Yevyng the same Commyssioners..power to assesse..a certeyn somme uppon every Cite, Toune, Burgh, Hamell, and other place.
- a1525(?1458) Cov.Leet Bk.304 : The seid Commissioners..did procede & labour effectually bothe yn the seid Cite, and in alle the hamels of the shyre of the seid Cite.