mæstling
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mæstling
. Add :-- Mæstlinges
electri (stannique metalla), An. Ox. 2, 27. [v.
N. E. D. maslin.]
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mæstling
, mæsling, mæslen [n], es; n. I. A kind of brass. The word is used to gloss aes, aurichalcum, and electrum :-- 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. II. a vessel made of the metal (? v. Halliw.
mæstling-
, mæsling-smiþ, es; m. A worker in brass :-- Mæstlincsmiþ aerarius, Ælfc. Gl. 81; Som. 73, 7; Wrt. Voc. 47, 14. Mæslingcsmiþ, 73, 32.
