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English meaning                      to rub (?)

German meaning                     `worüber streichen'

Grammatical comments         

General comments                  Parallelwurzel zu melĝ-.

Derivatives                             

Material                                   Lat. mulceō, -ēre, mulsī, -sum `streichen, streicheln, liebkosen, besänftigen', mulcetra `Hēliotropium' (Pflanze mit giftlindernder Wirkung), mulcēdo `Anmut', Mulciber (WH. II 120); `Streiche versetzen' in mulcō, -āre `übel zurichten, mißhandeln'.

References                              WP. II 297.

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