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▪ I. † mayne, v. Obs.
Also 5 mene, 6 mayn, meyne, meane.
[a. OF. meine-, str. stem of mener to lead. Cf. demean v.1]
1. trans. To lead (a horse).
a1400Sir Perc. 711 The childe gone his mere mayne After the stede. Ibid. 1402.
2. to mayne evil [= F. malmener]: to maltreat.
1481Caxton Godfrey cxxxix. 208 The Archiers..that so fledde were so euyl mened that they were but a fewe whan they retorned in to thoost.
3. To conduct, direct, manage (an affair).
1520in Edinb. Burgh Rec. (1869) I. 200 And gif ony truble or debait happinis amangis ony of the saidis craftis, thai till meyne the samyn amangis tham self in cheritable maner. 1537Cromwell in Merriman Life & Lett. (1902) II. 92 It is Bruted that there shuld be a communication of a peax to be mayned by others. 1541Hen. VIII in St. Papers III. 332 Howe We thinke you maye best mayn thinges there to our purpose. 1546Ibid. XI. 225, I will do what I can to meane the thing: if there be no remedye, then must Godd worcke. 1549in Strype Eccl. Mem. II. App. 117 Beseching God to give you the grace to mayne and conduct them, as I do wish.
4. refl. To conduct or demean oneself (in a particular way).
1352Minot Poems i. 29 Of Scotland had þai neuer sight Ay whils þai war of wordes stout. Þai wald haue mend þam at þaire might And besy war þai þareobout. c1400Destr. Troy 11313 How may ye þus meane you with malis, for shame!
Hence † ˈmayning vbl. n.
1527Wolsey in St. Papers Hen. VIII, I. 200 The universal peace, which is now in mayning and treating. 1550in Strype Eccl. Mem. (1822) II. App. PP. 139 The mayning and directing of our affairs.
▪ II. mayne, mayneal
obs. ff. meinie, menial. |