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meolc

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
meolc, meoluc, milc, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§411;
Milk
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  • Ðeós meolc

    hoc lac,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9, 76
      • ;
    • Som. 14, 21: Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 31.

  • Súr meolc

    oxygala, acidum lac:

  • þicce meolc

    colustrum,

    • 28, 2-3.

  • Áwilled meolc

    juta,

    • 290, 45.

  • Hé ( the Pater Noster ) biþ sáwle hunig and módes meolc,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 135
      • ;
    • Sal. 67.

  • Meoluc,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 65, 9: Ps. Th. 118, 70.

  • Of ðam lande ðe weóll meolce and hunie ... ðe fléwþ on riðum meolce and hunies,

    • Num. 16, 13-14.

  • Mid þynre meolce

    with skim milk,

    • Bd. 3, 27
      • ;
    • S. 559, 35.

  • Mid lytle meolc (MS. B. meoloce) wætere gemengedre

    cum parvo lacte aqua mixto,

    • 3, 23
      • ;
    • S. 554, 33.

  • Ðe fléwþ meolece and hunie,

    • Ex. 3, 8.

  • Abraham nam meoloc,

    • Gen. 18, 8.

  • Meoluc,

    • Deut. 32, 14.

  • Dó on þeorfe meoluc

    put into skim milk,

    • L. M. 2, 52
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 272, 1.

  • Ða rícostan men drincaþ myran meolc,

    • Ors. 1, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 20, 17.

  • Is ðæt eálond welig on meolcum

    dives lactis insula (Hibernia),

    • Bd. 1, 1
      • ;
    • S. 474, 40.

  • Wyl on meolcum

    boil in milk,

    • L. M. 2, 65
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 296, 19.

  • Mid cú meolcum,

    • 2, 25
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 218, 22.

  • From milcum ádóen

    ablactatus,

    • Blickl. Gl.
Etymology
[
Goth. miluks
:
O. Frs. melok
:
Icel. mjólkr
:
O. H. Ger. miluh.
]
Similar entries
v. frum-meolc.
Linked entries
v.  milc.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “meolc.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/22629.

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