mylne

See also: Mylne

Middle English

Alternative forms

• mele, melle, mille, miln, milne, myle, mylene, mylle, myln
• molle, mule, mulle, mulne (Southern)

Etymology

From Old English mylen, from Proto-West Germanic *mulīnu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiln(ə)/, /ˈmil(ə)/, /ˈmɛl-/, /ˈmul-/

Noun

mylne (plural mylnes)

1. A mill; a grinding apparatus or a building housing one:
   1. (rare) A fulling mill (device for fulling)
   2. (rare) A quern or handmill
2. (rare) A kind of siege engine.

Related terms

• mylnere
• mylneston
• walk-mylne
• wyndmylne

 

Descendants

• English: mill
  • Sranan Tongo: miri
  • → Hindi: मिल (mil)
• Scots: mill, mull
• Yola: mile

References

• “milne, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• mylna (pre-2012 or dialectal)

Dialects

• mørne, mørn
• mylle
• mæln
• måln
• mjone

Etymology

From Old Norse mylna, through Old Saxon from Proto-West Germanic *mulīnu (“mill”), a borrowing from Late Latin molina (“millstone”).

Noun

mylne f (definite singular mylna, indefinite plural mylner, definite plural mylnene)

1. a mill, millstone, grinder
2. a mill (builing)
3. a kind of boardgame

Synonyms

• (mill): kvern, mølle

Derived terms

• knusemylne
• mylnar
• mylnebruk
• mylnedam
• mylnehjul
• mylnespel
• mylnestein
• papirmylne
• tredemylne
• trømylne
• valsemylne
• vindmylne

 

References

• “mylne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɨl.nɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɨlnɛ
• Syllabification: myl‧ne

Adjective

mylne

1. inflection of mylny:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
   2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural