meolc

Old English

Alternative forms

• meoloc, meoluc, milc

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *meluk, from Proto-Germanic *meluks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-. See there for cognates.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me͜olk/, [me͜oɫk]

Noun

meolc f

1. milk
   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     An. DLXXXV Hēr wearþ on Brytene blōdi rēn ⁊ meolc and butere wurdon ġewend to blōde.

     Year 685 In this year there was bloody rain in Britain and milk and butter were turned into blood.

Declension

Strong i-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	meolc	meolce, meolca
accusative	meolc, meolce	meolce, meolca
genitive	meolce	meolca
dative	meolce	meolcum

Derived terms

• melc
• melcan
• meolchwīt
• meolcfæt
• sūr meolc
• þiccu meolc
• þynnu meolc

Descendants

• Middle English: milk, milke, milc, melke, melc (chiefly Kent & Southern West), mulk, mulc (chiefly Southern & Southern West)
  • English: milk
  • Scots: milk, melk, mylk
  • Yola: mulk