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melc

  • adjective
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Grammar
melc, meolc; adj.
Giving milk, milch
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  • Melc

    foetus,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 57:

    fetus,

    • ii. 36, 33.
  • Melce and tydrende

    foetus,

    • 36, 32.
  • Hé geseah wilde hinde melce and se geþyrsta mon meolcode ða hinde,

    • Shrn. 130, 3.
  • Wið tittia sár wífa ðe beóþ melce,

    • Herb. 19, 4
    • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 112, 26.
  • Meolce breóst

    ubera,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 14.
Etymology
[
Icel. mjólkr giving, milk
:
O. H. Ger. melch foetus
:
Ger. melk.
]
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  • melc, adj.