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mǽl-sceafa

  • noun [ masculine ]
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mǽl-sceafa, an; m.
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  • 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. (v.
    • Wrt. Voc. 91, 23
    ) has

    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.
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v.  sceafa mæsle-sceafe.
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  • mǽl-sceafa, n.