milt

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Dō rief vil trūreclīche/diu küneginne milt:

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  1. noun Fish sperm, including the seminal fluid.
  2. noun The reproductive glands of male fishes when filled with this fluid.
  3. noun The spleen of certain vertebrate animals, such as cows or pigs.

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  1. Middle English, roe, spleen, partly from Middle Dutch milte and partly from Old English milte, spleen; see mel-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English milte, from Anglo-Saxon milte = OFries. milte = Dutch milt = Middle Low German Low German milte = Old High German milzi, Middle High German milze, German milz (later Italian milza = Spanish melsa) = Icelandic milti = Swedish mjelte = Danish milt, the spleen; prob. from the root of melt.
  2. A corruption of milk, in this sense apparently of Scandinavian origin: from Swedish mjölke, milt (from mjölk, milk), = Danish melke, milt, = German milch = Middle Low German melk, milk, also milt: see milk, n. The D. milt, milt, is apparently from English
  3. from milt, n.
 

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