Meolcian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Meolcian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: ge-milcian) :-- Ða breóst ða ðe nǽfre meolcgende nǽron, Blickl. Homl. 93, 32. [

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1 meolcian

p. ode. I. to milk, take milk from an animal :-- Se geþyrsta men meolcode ða hinde and dranc ða meolc, Shrn. 130, 4. Nán wíf hire yrfe ne meolcige, bútan heó ða meolc for Godes lufan syllan, Wulfst. 227, 10. Hyt biþ gód ceáp tó milcian, Lchdm. iii. 178, 30. II. to give milk, to suckle (Icel. mjólka to milk; also to give milk.]

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ᛗᛇᛚᚳᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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