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melu

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Wright's OE grammar
§92; §169; §220; §276; §362;
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meal, ground grain
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  • Þe ne áteórað melu on þínum mittan

    (hydria farinae non deficiet,

    1 Kings
      17, 14), Hml. S. 18, 63.
  • Orn seó cweorn ðurh godcunde miht. . . and wæs genihtsumnes meluwes,

      Shrn. 145, 26.
  • Ðeós wyrt mid meoluwe gecnucud,

      Lch. i. 270, 23.
  • Mid berenum meluwe, 15.
  • Genim þás wyrte and meluw, 12.
a powdery substance resembling flour
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  • Genim heorotes sceafoþan of þám horne, oþþe þæs hornes melo,

      Lch. ii. 72, 14.
  • v. ác-, beán-, hwǽte-, hwíting-, wyrm-melu.
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