Míl-getæl

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - míl-getæl

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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míl-getæl
n. The number of paces in a mile, a mile :-- On ríme ðæs læssan mílgetæles ðe stadia hátte fíf hund and ðæs miclan mílgetæles ðe leuua hátte þreó hund and eahta and syxtig reckoning according to the smaller mile, which is called stadia, it is five hundred miles, and according to the great mile, which is called leuua (league), it is 368, Nar. 33, 9-11. mil-getæl
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