Talk:meen

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.Katherine Philips's "Epitaph" refers to a boy "Full of good Spirits, Meen, and Air." I saw online this might be a Scottish variant on moon, but I'm not sure that's the case here. Thmazing (talk) 18:16, 10 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Thmazing: My guess would be mien, a person's bearing. Equinox ◑ 18:22, 10 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Equinox: As a variant on mien, you mean? Do we know any other examples of it being spelled that way? Thmazing (talk) 02:35, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Thmazing: I know nothing about anything, but it's a hell of a lot more likely than "moon", which makes no sense at all. HOLD UP: how about this? A Journal Of The Swedish Ambassy In The Years M.DC.LIII... (1772, Bulstrode Whitelocke): "This gentleman seemed worthy of his honor; he was of a low stature, somwhat corpulent, of a good meen, and plaine behaviour, […] " Equinox ◑ 04:24, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Equinox: THAT looks like mien for sure. I'm not two's enough to prove a pattern, but it's a lot more than the nothing we had a minute ago! Thmazing (talk) 22:01, 20 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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