Midlian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Midlian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: ge-midlian; á-, un-, unge- midled. midlian

Definitions

1 midlian

p. ode To bridle, curb, restrain :-- Forðæm is sió tunge gemetlíce tó midliganne (midlianne, Cot. MSS.) lingua itaque discrete frenanda est, Past. 38, 5; Swt. 275, 11.

Runic Inscription

ᛗᛁᛞᛚᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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