Old English · noun
milpæþ
Normalised mīlpæþ
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈmiːlˌpæθ/
- Syllables
- ˈmiːl · ˌpæθ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- miles-longmilesroad
Meaning
-
miles-long road
byþ on reċyde rinca ġehwylċum sēfte, and swīþhwæt ðām ðe sitteþ on ufan mēare mæġenheardum ofer mīlpaþas.
Furniture is soft in a house for any of warriors, and [the harness] is well-strong for whom who sits above a horse well hardly over roads.
c. 1000, The Rune Poem:
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From mīl (“mile”) + pæþ (“path”).
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