m., gen. meldrs and meldrar; [mala; Swed. mäld; Ivar Aascn mælder; Scot. melder; Mælder-skin, the name of a mountain glacier in Norway, from its likeness to a flour-bag]:—flour or corn in the mill: koma til melds, to go to the mill, Gs. 4; standa at meldri, 23; Fenju meldr, the flour of Fenja = gold, Lex. Poët.; græðis meldr, sea-flour = sand (?), Edda (in a verse); the word is obsolete and poët., but remains in Sweden and Norway.