English

Alternative forms

• millwell, mulvil, melwell
• (obsolete): mellwell, myllewell, myllwell, melwel, mulvel, milwel, mellewelle, mylwell

Noun

milwell ‎(plural milwells)

1. (Scotland, dialectal or historical) The Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua).

References

1. ↑ Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "milwell, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2002.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• melewel, melewell, mellewelle
• meluel, melvel, melwel
• milewel, milewell, millevell; millewell
• miluel, milvel, milwel, milwell, milwelle
• mollewelle
• mulewel, mulewell, muluwelle
• muluel, mulvel, mulvelle, mulwel, mulwell, mulwelle, mulwyl
• myllewell, myllewelle
• myllwell, myluel, mylwel, mylwell
• milwyn, myllwyn

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman; see the English section, above.

Noun

milwell

1. milwell: the Atlantic cod

Derived terms

• mulwellfyche

Descendants

• English: milwell
• Latin: melewellus, miluuellus, milvellus, milwellus, mulewellus, muluwellus, mulvellus, mulwellus