Mealmiht

Old English Dictionary Entry

Mealmiht

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 mealmiht

adj. Sandy, chalky(?) :-- Tó mealmehtan leáhe (the land lay in Surrey), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 394, 13. [E. D. S. Ellis' Farming Words, 'The chalk and mould were so mixed together, that in Hertfordshire we call it a maumy (malmey) earth.' 'A chalk or a maume.' 'Chalk, maume, or loam.'] mealmiht

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ᛗᛠᛚᛗᛁᚻᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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