Mǽl-tange

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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mǽl-tange

f. -tang, es; m. (?) A pair of compasses :-- Mǽltange circinum, Ælfc. Gl. 49; Som. 65, 70; Wrt. Voc. 34, 5: 62; Som. 68, 78; Wrt. Voc. 39, 61. Mǽltanges prica centrum, 39, 62. mæl-tange