mayne
See also: Mayne
English
editNoun
editmayne (plural maynes)
Adjective
editmayne (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
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editmayne
- Alternative form of mayn
Adjective
editmayne
- Alternative form of mayn
Etymology 2
editNoun
editmayne
- Alternative form of meyne
Etymology 3
editNoun
editmayne
- Alternative form of maym
Etymology 4
editVerb
editmayne
- Alternative form of maymen
Etymology 5
editVerb
editmayne
- Alternative form of menen (“to guide”)