Kell vs Mell - What's the difference?
kell | mell |
(obsolete) The caul.
(obsolete, figurative) That which covers or envelops, like a caul; a net; a fold; a film.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
(obsolete) The cocoon or chrysalis of an insect.
(archaic) To deal, concern oneself; to interfere or meddle.
*c. 1495 , (John Skelton), "Vppon a deedman's hed":
*:For wher so we dwell / Deth wyll us qwell / And with us mell .
* 1819 , , Ivanhoe , ch. 32,
(obsolete) honey
* Warner
In obsolete terms the difference between kell and mell
is that kell is the cocoon or chrysalis of an insect while mell is honey.As a verb mell is
to speak; converse; tell; say.kell
English
Etymology 1
Compare caul.Noun
(en noun)- I'll have him cut to the kell .
- (Ben Jonson)
Etymology 2
Etymology 3
A modification of kale.mell
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) melen, .Alternative forms
* (l)Etymology 2
From (etyl) mellen, from (etyl) meller, , (l).Verb
(en verb)- “By Saint Thomas of Kent,” said he, “an I buckle to my gear, I will teach thee, sir lazy lover, to mell with thine own matters, maugre thine iron case there!”
Etymology 3
See mellifluous.Noun
(-)- Ev'n such as neither wanton seeme, nor waiward, mell , nor gall.