- géarmǽlum
- adv year by year
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
piecemeal — (adv.) c.1300, from PIECE (Cf. piece) (n.) + O.E. mælum at a time, dative plural of mæl appointed time, food served (see MEAL (Cf. meal) (n.1)). The second element once was more commonly used, e.g. O.E. styccemælum bit by bit, gearmælum … Etymology dictionary