maner

See also: Maner, mâner, Mâner, and måner

English

Etymology 1

Noun

maner (plural maners)

1. Obsolete form of manner.
   • 1603, Plutarch, “The Contradictions of Stociek philoſophers”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC, page 1068:

     Thoſe teachers that be of the wiſer ſort, cal for their ſchoolage and minervals of their ſcholars, not all after one maner, but diverſly: a number of them, according as the preſent occaſion requireth, who promiſe not to make them wiſe men, and that within a yeere; […]

Etymology 2

Noun

maner (plural maners)

1. Obsolete form of manor.

Danish

Noun

maner c

1. alternative form of manér

Noun

maner c

1. indefinite plural of man

Verb

maner

1. present of mane

Latin

Verb

māner

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of mānō

Middle English

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *men-der.

Proto-Italic *monēō

Latin manēre

Old French maneir, manoirbor.

Middle English maner

Borrowed from Old French maneir, manoir, from Latin manēre (“to stay”).

Alternative forms

• manar, manayre, maneer, manere, manoir, manoire, manour, manoyre

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈnɛːr/, /maˈnɔi̯r/, /ˈmanər/

Noun

maner (plural maneres)

1. A manorial estate or property; a manor.
2. A mansion; the house on such an estate.
3. (figurative, Late Middle English, rare) Any dwelling or abode.

Descendants

• English: manor
• Middle Scots: maner, manere
  • Scots: manor
• → Middle Irish: mainér
  • Irish: mainéar

References

• “manē̆r, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 July 2018.

Etymology 2

Noun

maner

1. alternative form of manere (“characteristics, manner”)

Welsh

Noun

maner

1. nasal mutation of baner