Mjólka

Old Norse Dictionary - mjólka

Meaning of Old Norse word "mjólka"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word mjólka can mean:mjólka

mjólka
að, spelt molka, Grág. ii. 309, Gþl. 400, Hkv. i. 43, Ls. 23:—to milk, Grág. i. 430, Dropl. 14, Ísl. ii. 181, passim.
mjólka
II. to give milk, of cows, Bs. i. 194; mjólka betr, Ísl. ii. 180, Fas. iii. 373; kýriu mjólkar átta … merkr í mál, and the like.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛁᚢᛚᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
m.
masculine.
pl.
plural.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Dropl.
Droplaugar-sona Saga. (D. II.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Gþl.
Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
Hkv.
Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
Ls.
Loka-senna. (A. I.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
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