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ge-miltan

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Take here ge-mieltan, ge-myltan in Dict. , and add ge-meltan.
to melt, liquefy
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  • Gemaelteð (gemelteð, Ps. Rdr., gemyltet, Bl. Gl. )

    liquefaciet,

      Ps. Srt. 147, 18.

  • Hé ádrígþ þá wǽtan, and wirð se swile swá heard swá stán, and ne mæg hine mon gemeltan ne gehnescian,

      Lch. ii. 212, 22.

  • Gemaelted

    (liquefacta)

    is eorðe,
      Ps. Srt. 74, 4.

  • Healfe cuppan clǽnes gemyltes spices,

      Lch. iii. 5.
  • On gemelt weax gedón, ii. 72, 7.
to digest
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  • Heald georne l se mete si gemylt,

      Lch. ii. 284, 3.

  • Sele him þá mettas þá þe ne sién tó raðe gemelte,

      196, 16.
to weaken, abate
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  • Se gesíð hét sendan on fýr Agapan and Chonie, and þá ꝥ fýr waes gemelted

    (had burnt itself out),

    þá wǽron ðá fǽmnan tó Críste geleóred, and þá líchoman wǽron swá gesunde ꝥ him næs forbærnéd ne feax ne hrægl,
      Shrn. 69, 33.
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v. un-gemilt.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-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/48918.

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