14. Mælast, _talk to each other_, _converse_. Talast, _ditto_.

_Mæliz_ þu. Vafþrudnismal, 9.

_melomc_ i sessi saman = colloquamur sedentes. ib. 19. Edd. Sæm.

_mælast_ þeir _vid_, ádr þeir _skiliast_, at þeir mundi þar _finnast_

þa,--Fóstbrædra-Saga, p. 7.

they _said to each other_ before they _parted from each other_ that

they should _meet each other_ there.

Yngvi ok Bera satu ok _töluduz_ vidr.--Heimskr. Yngl. S. p. 24.

Griss mælti; hverír ero þessir menn er sva _tulast vid_ bliðliga?

Avàldi svarar; þa er Hallfreydr Ottarson ok Kolfinna dóthir min. Ol.

Trygyv. Saga, p. 152. Griss said, who are these persons who _talk

together_ so blithely? Avaldi answers, they are Halfrid Ottarson and

Kolfinna my daughter. _Talast_ is similarly used in Feroic. _Kvödust_,

bespoke each other, occurs in the same sense--þat var einn dag at Brand

ok Finbogi _fundust_ ok _kvödust_ blídliga.--Vatnsdæla-Sag. p. 16.

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