meyne

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German

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Pronoun

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meyne

  1. Obsolete spelling of meine.

Determiner

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meyne

  1. Obsolete spelling of meine.

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Anglo-Norman meine, meignee and Old French mesne, from Vulgar Latin *mānsiōnāta. Compare mansioun.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mæi̯ˈneː/, /ˈmæi̯neː/, /ˈmɛːneː/

Noun

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meyne (plural meynes)

  1. A household (family establishment)
  2. A band (group of people):
    1. 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)‎[1], 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 []
    2. A retinue; a band of attendants.
    3. A crowd (large, disordered group)
  3. A family; a kin group.
  4. A set of chess pieces.
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Descendants
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  • English: meinie (archaic)
  • Scots: menyie, menzie
  • Yola: meany
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Etymology 2

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Determiner

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meyne (subjective pronoun I)

  1. Alternative form of min

Pronoun

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meyne (subjective I)

  1. Alternative form of min

Etymology 3

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Noun

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meyne

  1. Alternative form of mayn