- milisc
- adj sweet, mild, mulled
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
milisc
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melsc — see milisc … Old to modern English dictionary
mylisc — see milisc … Old to modern English dictionary
mylsc — see milisc … Old to modern English dictionary
Melissa — fem. proper name, from Latin, from Gk. (Ionic) melissa (Attic melitta) honeybee, also one of the priestesses of Delphi, from PIE *melit ya, suffixed form of *melit honey (Cf. Gk. meli, L. mel honey; sweetness; Albanian mjal honey; O.Ir. mil honey … Etymology dictionary
mealy-mouthed — afraid to say what one really thinks, 1570s; first element perhaps from O.E. milisc sweet, from P.Gmc. *meduz honey (see MEAD (Cf. mead) (n.1)), which suits the sense, but if the Old English word did not survive long enough to be the source of… … Etymology dictionary
mulch — {{11}}mulch (n.) 1650s, probably from a noun use of M.E. molsh (adj.) soft, moist (early 15c.), from O.E. melsc, milisc mellow, sweet, from P.Gmc. *mil sk (Cf. Du. mals soft, ripe, O.H.G. molawen to become soft, Ger. mollig soft ), from PIE root… … Etymology dictionary
meli-t — meli t English meaning: honey Deutsche Übersetzung: “Honig” Grammatical information: n., gen. mel nés Note: Root meli t : “honey” : Root médhu : “honey” derived from a truncated Root mel 1 (auch smel ), melǝ : mlē , mel d : ml … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
