flocmælum

Old English

Alternative forms

floccmǣlum

Etymology

From flocc +‎ -mǣlum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈflokˌmæː.lum/

Adverb

flocmǣlum

in flocks, (figuratively) in droves
- c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Purification of St. Mary"
  Culfran sind swīðe unsċeþþiġe fuglas and bilewite, and hīe lufiaþ ānnesse and flēogaþ him flocmǣlum.
  Pigeons are very gentle and innocent birds, and they love unity and travel in flocks.

Descendants

Middle English: flockmel
- English: flockmeal

Further reading

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “floccmǽlum”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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