What is the meaning of "迷い" in the phrase 夜の街迷いし穢れの乱歩 This phrase is from a song the translation of "" would be: Lost in a city at night, I take a random impure walk. The question is: "" in the dictionary means hesitation, perplexity, which does not look like its meaning in the sentence. So I was wondering where did "" come from? comes from the verb "" if yes how did it become ""? and yet how does it bind directly to no particles? I know they give a lot of questions, can anyone explain me? my language is portuguese so sorry for any grammar mistake.

is an archaic variation of . It's still common in fiction, especially fantasy. See these questions:

* Grammar of (verb)(noun) such as in
* [In "[V stem] + + [noun]" what does mean?](
* What does the kana do in this phrase?



As for itself, I personally feel its meaning is closer to "to wander about" rather than "to be lost" here, because it's clearly moving (). See .

Note that is a relative clause that modifies , so it's the ("impurity/corruption") itself that is wandering about. It's "steps of wandering impurity" rather than "I take an impure walk".