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meltan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
meltan, p. mealt, pl. multon; pp. molten.
Wright's OE grammar
§80; §276; §282; §298; §499;
to melt, become liquid, be consumed, dissolved
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  • Ic mylte

    liqueo,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 35
    • ;
    • Som. 38, 7.
  • Mylt

    dissolvitur,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 25.
  • Swá weax melteþ,

    • Ps. Th. 57, 7.
  • Mylteþ,

    • 67, 2.
  • His sylfes hám brynewylmum mealt (

    was consumed

    ),
    • Beo. Th. 4642
    • ;
    • B. 2326.
  • Multon meretorras (

    when the waters of the Red Sea fell upon the Egyptians

    ),
    • Cd. 167
    • ;
    • Th. 208, 16
    • ;
    • Exod. 484.
  • Ðonne mé mægen mylte

    dum defecerit virtus mea,

    • Ps. Th. 70, 8.
  • Ne sceal ánes hwæt meltan (

    be consumed on the pile

    ),
    • Beo. Th. 6014
    • ;
    • B. 3011.
  • Weax miltende

    cera liquescens,

    • Ps. Spl. 21, 13.
  • Myltende

    liquidas,

    • Hpt. Gl. 470, 73.
of food, to digest
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  • Late mylt gǽten flǽsc

    goat's flesh digests slowly

    • L. M. 2, 16
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 196, 16, 25.
  • Ða scearpan þing unýþelíce meltaþ,

    • 2, 23
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii.212, 2.
  • Wið ðon ðe men mete untela melte.

    • 2, 29
    • ;
    • Lchm. ii. 226, 5.
  • Ða ðe on ðære uferan wambe gewuniap and ne mágon meltan,

    • 1, 2
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 26, 17.
  • Myltan,

    • 2, 27
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 222, 18.
  • Wel meltende mettas,

    • 2, 16
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 196, 21.
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v. for-, ge-meltan; miltan.
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