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miltan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
miltan, mieltan, meltan; p. te.
trans.
To melt
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  • Nim heortes mearg mylt

    take heart's marrow, melt it,

    • L. Med. ex Quad. 10, 4
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 366, 4.

  • Mylt buteran,

    • Lchdm. iii. 6, 22.

  • Beó ǽlc calic geworht of myldendum antimbre (

    of fusible material

    ),

    gilden oððe seolfren, glæsen oððe tinen; ne beó ná hyrnen, ne húru treówen,

    • L. Ælfc. P. 45
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 384, 6.
to digest
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  • Sió wamb seó ðe biþ hátre gecyndo melt mete wel ... Seó ðe biþ wæterigre gecyndo næfþ góde meltunge, swíðost on ðám mettum ðe uneáþe melte beóþ,

    • L. M. 2, 27
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 220, 22-28.
to refine by melting
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  • Ðæm ðe his gást wile meltan (MS. B. miltan) wið morðre ásceádan of scyldum

    by him who will refine his spirit from the dross of crime, separate it from sins,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 111
      • ;
    • Sal. 55.
Grammar
miltan, ( = meltan)
intrans.
To melt, become liquid
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  • Ic mylte

    liqueo,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 35
      • ;
    • Som. 38, 8.

  • Ðonne mé mægen and mód mylte

    dum defeceret virtus mea,

    • Ps. Th. 70, 8.

  • Weax miltende

    cera liquescens,

    • Ps. Spl. 21, 13
      • .

  • Myltende

    madens,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 56.

  • Myltende[s]

    liquidas,

    • Hpt. Gl. 470, 73.
Etymology
[
Icel. melta to digest.
]
Similar entries
v. ge-miltan, meltan.
Linked entries
v.  sám-milt mealt myltan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “miltan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/22883.

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