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mæstling

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
mæstling, mæsling, mæslen [n], es; n.
A kind of brass. The word is used to gloss aes, aurichalcum, and electrum
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  • Mæstlingc ǽr and tin

    aurichalcum, aes et stannum,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 11.
  • Mæstlinc, gréne

    át auricalcos. Wrt.

    • Voc. 286, 66.
  • Cwicseolfer vel mæstling

    electrum i. sucus arboris,

    • ii. 142, 78.
  • Mæslen

    aes.

    • Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 6, 8.
  • Ðæt mæslenn (mæslen, Rush.),

    • 12, 41.
  • Mæslen,

    • Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 2, 15.
a vessel made of the metal (? v. Halliw. Dict. 'Plater, disse, cop and maseline)
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  • Calicea frymþa and ceáca and árfata and mæstlinga

    baptismata calicum et urceorum et eramentorum et lectorum,

    • Mk. Skt. 7, 4.
  • Gedón on cyperen fæt oððe mæstling [-fæt?] oððe bræsen,

    • Lchdm. iii. 292, 17.
Etymology
[
A.R. copper, mestling, breas: al is icleopet or
:
Halliw. Dict. bras, maslyn, yren and stel; where also mastelyn panne
:
R. Glouc. mastling
: cf. also
Icel. mersing, messing brass
:
M. H. Ger. messinc: Ger. messing.
]
Similar entries
v. gold-mæstling.
Linked entries
v.  mæslen.
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