mil – Old English noun declension

Old English noun forms of mil

Noun: mil
Gender:

Nominative

Singularmīl
Pluralmīla; mīle

Genitive

Singularmīle
Pluralmīla

Dative

Singularmīle
Pluralmīlum

Accusative

Singularmīle
Pluralmīla; mīle

Sample Sentences

  • 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.)

Nouns inflected like mil

beorhthwil, earfoðhwil, handhwil, mil, hwil,

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mīlia, plural of the numeral mīlle. See: Latin Nouns 'milia'.

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