English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Scots hemmel, hammel, dialectal English hemble (hovel, stable, shed), perhaps allied to Dutch hemel (heaven, canopy), German Himmel. Compare English heaven.

Noun

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hemmel (plural hemmels)

  1. (UK, dialect, Northumbria) A shed or hovel for cattle.
    • 1864 June, John Ewart, “The Profitable Management of Farms in the Vicinity of Large Towns”, in The Farmer's Magazine:
      Cattle kept in hemmels should always have their food may be stated that the roofs of all the buildings should given to them in the sheds

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Etymology 2

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Compare dialectal Swedish hammel (little bar or beam).

Noun

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hemmel (plural hemmels)

  1. (UK, dialect, Yorkshire) A handrail, especially one fitted on one side of a planked or wooden bridge.
    • 1989, Ken Radford, Fire Burn, page 50:
      The bridge was narrow, with barely enough room for one to cross at a time. So they barred her way, the leader clutching the hemmel (handrail) on either side.

Middle Low German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Saxon himil.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hemmel m

  1. heaven, sky

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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  • German Low German:
    Ostfriesisch (East Frisian Low Saxon): Hemel, Himmel
    Westphalian:
    Dortmundisch: Hiəmel
    Lippisch, Ravensbergisch, Westmünsterländisch: Hemmel
    Sauerländisch: Hiemel, Heämel (Wenden)
    Westmünsterländisch: Himmel
  • Plautdietsch: Himmel
  • Norwegian: himmel
  • Old Swedish: himil
  • Old Danish: *himæl
  • Gutnish: himmel