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Old English Dictionary Entry

Melcan

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1 melcan

p. mealc, pl. mulcon; pp. molcen To milk :-- Ic melce mulgeo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 3; Som. 28, 55. Melke, Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 17. Se ðe melcþ qui emulget, Kent. Gl. 1121. Milciþ morgit(?), Ep. Gl. 14 f, 16. Milcet, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 73. Milcit, 114, 17: mulgit, Wülck. 33, 26. Hé éwa mealc, Shrn. 61, 19. Ðæt fæt ðe ðú wille on meltan, L. M. 1, 67; Lchdm. ii. 142, 9. Níge molcen, 2, 27; Lchdm. ii. 222, 13: 2, 25; Lchdm. ii. 218, 22. [O. H. Ger. melchan.]
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛗᛖᛚᚳᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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German
L.
Latin

Works & Authors

Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
Shrn.
Shrine (collection of OE texts)
Som.
Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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