meyne
German
Pronoun
meyne
- Obsolete spelling of meine
Determiner
meyne
- Obsolete spelling of meine
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Anglo-Norman meine, meignee and Old French mesne, from Vulgar Latin *mānsiōnāta. Compare mansioun.
Alternative forms
- maine, mainie, maygny, mayne, maynee, meine, meneȝe, meneyhe, menȝe, menȝhe, menie, meny, menyeie, meynee, meynȝe, meyny, meynye
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛi̯ˈneː/, /ˈmɛi̯neː/, /ˈmɛːneː/
Noun
meyne (plural meynes)
- A household (family establishment)
- A band (group of people):
- An army or troop; a group of armed men.
- c. 1375, “Book VI”, in Iohne Barbour, De geſtis bellis et uirtutibus domini Roberti de Brwyß […] (The Brus, Advocates MS. 19.2.2), Ouchtirmunſye: Iohannes Ramſay, published 1489, folio 21, recto, lines 435-437; republished at Edinburgh: National Library of Scotland, c. 2010:
- Dowglas h[is] menȝe faſt gan chaß, / And þe flearis þ[air] wayis tays / Till þe caſtell in full gꝛet hy […]
- Douglas's host starts moving fast / while the escapees cut a path / to the castle with incredible haste […]
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- A retinue; a band of attendants.
- A crowd (large, disordered group)
- An army or troop; a group of armed men.
- A family; a kin group.
- A set of chess pieces.
Related terms
- meyneal
Descendants
- English: meinie (archaic)
- Scots: menyie, menzie
- Yola: meany
References
- “meinẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Determiner
meyne (subjective pronoun I)
- Alternative form of min
Pronoun
meyne (subjective I)
- Alternative form of min
Noun
meyne
- Alternative form of mayn