Old English · noun
mylen
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine / feminine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈmy.len/
- Syllables
- ˈmy · len (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- millmachinery
Meaning
-
mill (a building, or machinery)
Sume menn syllaþ ēac ċyrċan to hȳre swāswā wāclīċe mylna...
Some men also sell churches for hire as if they were mills of little worth...
late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *mulīnu.
Descendants
mill
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