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Middle English
Etymology
From myle + -en (plural suffix).
Noun
mylen
- plural of myle (“mile”)
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *mulīnu.
Pronunciation
Noun
mylen m or f
- mill (a building, or machinery)
- late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
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...
Declension
- Masculine
Declension of mylen (strong a-stem)
- Feminine
Declension of mylen (strong ō-stem)
Synonyms
Descendants
- Middle English: mylne, mele, melle, mille, miln, milne, myle, mylene, mylle, myln, molle, mule, mulle, mulne (Southern)