An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 538

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 538


2. A salted cake, _mola salsa_.


_Douglas._


Isl. _malldr_, molitura, from _mal-a_, to grind.


MELDROP, _s._


V. ~Mildrop~.


MELYIE, _s._ A coin of small value.


Fr. _maille_, a halfpenny.


_Evergreen._


MELL, _s._


1. A maul, S.


_Ross._


2. A blow with a maul.


_Pop. Ball._


_To keep mell in shaft_, to keep straight in any course, to retain a good state of health, Loth.; as one cannot strike well, if the handle be loose.


Lat. _mall-eus_; Moes. G. _maul-jan_, to beat.


_To_ MELL, _v. a._ To mix.


V. ~Mellyne~.


_Barbour._


_To_ ~Mell, Mel, Mellay~, _v. n._


1. To intermeddle, S.


_Douglas._


2. To be in a state of intimacy, S. B.


_Poems Buch. Dial._


3. To join in battle.


_Wyntown._


Fr. _mel-er_, to meddle; Teut. _mell-en_, conjungi.


~Melle~, ~Melle~, ~Mellay~, _s._


1. Contest, battle.


Fr. _melee_, id.


_Wallace._


2. _In melle_, in a state of mixture.


_Sir Gawan._


~Mellyne~, ~Melling~, _s._ Mixture.


_Barbour._


Fr. _mellange_, id.


MELL, _s._ A company.


_Statist. Acc._


A. S. Teut. _mael_, comitia, conventus; _mael-en_, conjungi.


MELT, _s._ The spleen, S.


_Complaynt S._


Su. G. _mielte_, id.


_To_ ~Melt~, _v. a._ To knock down; properly, by a stroke in the side, where the _melt_ lies, S.


_Gl. Complaynt._


MELTETH, MELt.i.tH, _s._ A meal, S. _meltet_, S. B.


_Henrysone._


Isl. _mael-tid_, hora prandii vel coenae.







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