MJÓLK
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f., gen. mjólkr, prop. mjolk with a short vowel; [Ulf. miluks = γάλα, Cor. ix. 7; A. S. meolc; Engl. milk; O. H. G. miluh; Germ. milch; Dan. melk; Swed. mjölk]:—milk, Fms. iv. 81, Sks. 90, Al. 31, Lv. 62; mjólk var heit ok vóru á steinar, 70; mjólkr-grautr, -hlaup, milk porridge; mjólkr-fata, -skjóla, -ílát, -trog, -ketill, etc., a milk pail, milk trough, milk kettle, Lv. 61, Korm. 156, Fbr. 213; nýmjólk, new milk; spenvolg nýmjólk, milk warm from the cow; flóuð m., cooked milk; kúa-m., cow’s milk; sauða-m., sheep’s milk; brjósta-m., breast-milk for suckling.
COMPDS: mjólkrá, mjólkrbarn, mjólkrhringr, mjólkrkýr.
II. the white juice, milk, of plants or trees; mjólk ór selju börk, Pr. 473.