"mixen" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mixens [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English myxen, from Old English mixen, myxen, from meohx, meox (“dung, filth”), from Proto-West Germanic *mīgan, from Proto-Germanic *mīganą (“to urinate”); akin to German Mist (“manure”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|myxen}} Middle English myxen, {{inh|en|ang|mixen}} Old English mixen, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*mīgan}} Proto-West Germanic *mīgan, {{der|en|gem-pro|*mīganą||to urinate}} Proto-Germanic *mīganą (“to urinate”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} mixen (plural mixens)
  1. A compost heap; a dunghill.
    Sense id: en-mixen-en-noun-VeyCTm1s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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