Old English · letter
M
- Part of speech
- letter
- IPA
- /m/
- Syllables
- m (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- phoneme1000þūsendnumeralrepresenting
M1 · letter
Senses
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A letter of the Old English alphabet, written in the Latin script, representing the phoneme /m/.
M2 · numeral
Senses
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the numeral 1000 (þūsend)
Þǣr wæs Persa X M ofslæġen ġehorsedra, ⁊ eahtatiġ M fēþena,⁊ eahtatiġ M ġefangenra.
There, 10,000 Persian cavalry were slain, and 80,000 infanty, and 80,000 were captured.
late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
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