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ster-melda

  • noun [ masculine ]
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ster-melda, an; m.
The word occurs in the following apparently corrupt passage
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  • Gif frigman mannan forstele gif hé eft cuma stermelda secge an andweardne gecænne hine gif hé mǽge

    if a freeman steal a man; if he (the man who has been stolen) come back to give information of the theft, let him make his charge against the thief when the latter is present; let him (the thief) clear himself if he can,

      L. H. E. 5; Th. i. 28, 10.
  • In the note on this passage stermelda is taken as steórmelda = delator fiscalis; Schmid. on the other hand, gives the meaning 'delator qui rem, factum (stær) prodit.' Perhaps for stermelda might be written stelmelda, a sense which has been given in the translation above.
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v.  melda.
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  • ster-melda, n.