milt
English
Etymology
From Middle English milte, from Old English milte, milt (“milt, spleen”), from Proto-Germanic *meltǭ (“spleen”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to beat, grind, crush, weaken”). Cognate with German Milz, Dutch milt, Danish milt, Norwegian milt, Swedish mjälte. Outside Germanic, with Albanian mëlçi (“liver”).
Pronunciation
Noun
milt (plural milts)
- The spleen, especially of an animal bred for food.
- Template:RQ:Florio Montaigne Essayes
- 1983, Robert Nye, The Facts of Life:
- Adam Kadmon had pneumonia. Friar Goat cured it by tying a bullock’s milt to the soles of the lad’s feet, and burying the milt afterwards. Adam Kadmon immediately contracted the thrush.
- Fish semen.
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Verb
milt (third-person singular simple present milts, present participle milting, simple past and past participle milted)
- (transitive) To impregnate (the roe of a fish) with milt.
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Danish
Etymology
Noun
milt c (singular definite milten, plural indefinite milte)
Declension
References
- “milt” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Middle Dutch milte, from Old Dutch *milta, from Proto-Germanic *meltǭ.
Noun
milt f (plural milten, diminutive miltje n)
Faroese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse milti, Proto-Germanic *miltiją, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to beat, grind, crush, weaken”).
Noun
milt n (genitive singular milts, plural milt)
Inflection
Declension of milt | ||||
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n3 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | milt | miltið | milt | miltini |
accusative | milt | miltið | milt | miltini |
dative | milti | miltinum | miltum | miltunum |
genitive | milts | miltsins | milta | miltanna |
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Etymology 2
From the adjective mildur.
Adjective
milt
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Adjective
milt
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
milt m (definite singular milten, indefinite plural milter, definite plural miltene)
- spleen (organ)
Derived terms
References
- “milt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
milt m or n (definite singular milten or miltet, indefinite plural miltar or milt, definite plural miltane or milta)
- spleen (organ)
Derived terms
References
- “milt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Adjective
milt
Adverb
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