Meolc

Meolc biþ flōƿandƿeorc (emulsio fǣttdropena on ƿætere) þe ƿierþþ of ƿīflicum sūgenddēorum fullmacod, þe ofspring habbað geboren and þe tō him sƿā ǣt beþēoƿþ.

Meolc bestendeþ ūt fǣtt, ǣgra-hƿītandtimber, meolcsūcer and sealt. Meolc þe þȳ ƿīfe is fullmacod ƿierþþ mōdormeolc gehāten. Meolc þe tō mǣste on ǣtintingan ƿierþþ gebrocen oftost cūmeolc biþ. Ān liter cūmeolc ƿigeþ 1033 gramm (1,3 pund).

Bē fela scortrum scǣlum ƿeorðað ǣghƿæðer ge gātmeolc ge scēapmeolc ēacsƿā gebrocen.

In Europan and Russlande ƿierþþ ēac horsmeolc geseald. Oxenameolc and Ūrmeolc ƿeorðað sƿāƿel on cīesegemæc gebrocen. Ǣrra ƿæs ǣselmeolc ēac sƿā mōdormeolc gebrocen.

Þæt ƿord meolc cymþ of Germanisc *miluks. On Englisc cumað þā ƿord meolc, meoluc oþþe meoloc. Ēac of Germanisc cumað þā ƿord miluk, milk, melk (Eald Seaxisc sprǣc), melk (Niðerlendisc sprǣc), Milch (Þēodisc sprǣc), mjölk (Sƿēonisc sprǣc).