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§112; §285;
Add: f. n. A water mill
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  • Ligð bænorðan ðám porte .xxxvi. æceras yrðlandes, and .x. æceras mǽde, and án mylen,

      C. D. v. 316, 1.

  • Gif hit beón mæg swá sceal mynster beón gestaþelod þæt ealle neád*-*behéfe þing þǽrbinnan wunien, þæt is wæterscype, mylen (myll

    molendinum

    ,
      R. Ben. I. 112, 15), wyrtún, R. Ben. 127, 6.

  • Of lace andlang watæres on Cortices mylne; of Cortices mylne . . . tó ðǽre fúlan flóde,

      C. D. vi. 31, 20.

  • Sume menn syllað eác cyrcan tó hýre swá swá wáclice mylna . . . ac hit ne gedafnað ꝥ man dó Godes hús ánre mylne gelíc for lyðrum tolle,

      Hml. S. 19, 248-253.

  • Fiscwer and mylne macian,

      Angl. ix. 261, 13.

  • Ic gean Ǽdwine muneke þá mylne þe Ringware áhte . . . and ic gean ꝥ myln þe Wulnóð áhte into S Eádmunde,

      C. D. iv. 59, 11-15.
  • Andlang streámæs on ðá mylne, v. 340, 21.
Etymology
[Lat. molina.]
Similar entries
v. mersc-mylen and the mylen-
compounds, almost all of which are connected with water.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “mylen.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/55663.

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