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Old English · noun

mil

Normalised mīl

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/miːl/
Syllables
miːl (1 syllable)
Modern English
mileorosiuspaganscenturytranslationthhistory

Meaning

  1. mile

  2. late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

    Sardina is þrī and þrītti mīla lang, and twā and twentiġ mīla brād.

    Sardinia is thirty-three miles long, and twenty-two miles wide.

Declension

Declension of mil
SingularPlural
Nominative mīlmīlamīle
Accusative mīlemīlamīle
Genitive mīlemīla
Dative mīlemīlum

All forms (4)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mīlia, plural of the numeral mīlle.

Descendants

mile

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