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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
mayne (plural maynes)
Adjective[edit]
mayne (not comparable)
- Obsolete form of main.
- 1622, John Downame, “Of ſuch Reaſons as may mooue vs to abhor carnall ſecuritie, and to vſe all meanes either to preuent it, or to be freed from it” (chapter VIII), in A Guide to Godlynesse: or, A Treatise of A Christian Life, page 50:
- For firſt, this is the mayne ſcope of the Parable of the wiſe and fooliſh Virgins, […]
Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
mayne
- Alternative form of mayn
Adjective[edit]
mayne
- Alternative form of mayn
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
mayne
- Alternative form of meyne
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
mayne
- Alternative form of maym
Etymology 4[edit]
Verb[edit]
mayne
- Alternative form of maymen
Etymology 5[edit]
Verb[edit]
mayne
- Alternative form of menen (“to guide”)