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melu

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
melu, melo, mela, meolu, mealu, wes; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§92; §169; §220; §276; §362;
Meal, flour
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  • Melu oððe offrung

    odor,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9, 21
    • ;
    • Som. 10, 32:

    farina,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 83, 17: ii. 38, 70.
  • Swá swá mon melo (Cott. MS. meolo) sift, ðæt melo (meolo) þurhcrýpþ ǽlc þyrel,

    • Bt. 34, 11
    • ;
    • Fox 152, 2.
  • Ðæt mela biþ gód,

    • L. M. 1, 38
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 94, 2.
  • Genim hwǽtenes meluwes smedman,

    • L. M. 1, 61
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 134, 4.
  • Melwes (Lind. mælo)

    farinæ,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 13, 33.
  • Melues

    similæ,

    • Lev. 6, 20.
  • Melewes smedma

    simila,

    • 83, 65.
  • Melewes

    polline,

    mealewes

    farinæ,

    • Hpt. Gl. 497, 36. 37.
  • Ðrittig mittan clǽnes melowes (

    fine flour

    )

    and sixtig mittan óðres melowes,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 576
    • ;
    • 32.
  • Meolwes,

    • Chart. Th. 40, 10.

    Pollis

    smedma,

    pollinis

    of melowe,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28
    • ;
    • Som. 11, 48.
  • Windlas mid meluwe

    canistra farina,

    • Gen. 40, 16.
  • Of rigenum melwe,

    • L. M. 2, 32
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 236, 9.
  • Genim beren mela gód,

    • L. M. 1, 5
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 50, 3.
  • Beren meala,

    • Lchdm. iii. 8, 15.
Etymology
[
Icel. mjöl
:
O. H. Ger. melo farina, polenta, pulvis
:
Ger. mehl.
]
Similar entries
v. ed-melu.
Linked entries
v.  meala mela meolu.
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