Mǽl-sceafa
Kamus Anglo-Saxon Old English Bosworth & Toller - mǽl-sceafa
Menurut Kamus Old English:
an;
- mǽl-sceafa
- m. A canker :-- Mǽlscæafa eruca, Ælfc. Gl. 23; Som. 60, 3; Wrt. 24, 7. Mǽlsceafa caniglata. Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 19. Mǽlsceafa eruca, Wrt. Voc. 78, 66; Zup. 310, 5. In the last reference one MS. (mæslesceafe; in Wrt. Voc. 161, 23 maseles translates rugeroles (see also Skeat's Dict. s. v. measles'), so mǽl, in this word, would mean a spot. mæl-sceafa