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milisc

  • adjective
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milisc, adj.
Honeyed, sweet, mellow, (of drink) mulled
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  • Milisc apuldor

    melarium:

  • milisc æppel

    metianum,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 54, 55.

    (Melarium, pomarium melis (μηλoις), hoc est malis, consitum, Du Cange: the Anglo-Saxon glosser seems to connect the word with mel?.)

  • Milisc æppel

    nicalalbum,

    • 289, 74: ii. 60, 42.

  • Ðære miliscan

    mulsæ,

    • 32, 66: 54, 35.

  • Myliscre,

    • Hpt. Gl. 520, 39
      • .

  • Drince mylsce drincan, sió gebét ða biternesse ðæs geallan,

    • L. M. 1, 42
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 108, 2
      • .

  • Milscra (milscre, Wrt.) treówa blósman

    qui[n]tinas, g. caducas (Du Cange quotes Isidore: 'Flores malorum (punicorum ) a Græcis appellati sunt quintinæ. Latini caducum vocant'),

      Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 16.

  • Melsc appla

    nicolaos (cf. nicolaus = dactulus.

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 79
      • ;

    nicolatispalmæpla,

    • 60, 67
      • ),
    • Hpt. Gl. 496, 65.

  • Genim milsce æppla (

    dates?

    ),
    • L. M. 2, 4
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 182, 19.

  • Mylsce æppla,

    • 2, 16
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 194, 9.
Etymology
[Cf.
Icel. milska a honeyed beverage; milska to mix (a beverage)
:
Goth. miliþ honey.
]
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Linked entries
v.  ge-mildscad melsc mirc-apuldor ge-milscod.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “milisc.” 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/22880.

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