- fótwelm
- m (-es/-as) instep (1)
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
instep — mid 15c., apparently from IN (Cf. in) + STEP (Cf. step), though this hardly makes sense [Weekley]. An O.E. word for instep was fotwelm. M.E. also had a verb instep to track, trace (c.1400) … Etymology dictionary