mensen.¹

Brit.

/mɛns/, U.S.

/mɛns/, Scottish English

/mɛns/, Irish English

/mɛns/

Forms: English regional (northern) 1700s– mense, 1800s– mence, 1800s– mens, 1800s– ments; Scottish pre-1700 mensk, pre-1700 menss, pre-1700 1700s–1800s mence, pre-1700 1700s– mense, 1700s mains (in compounds), 1700s– (in compounds) mens; Irish English (northern) 1800s– mense, 1900s– mens (in compounds).

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: mensk n.

Etymology: Variant of mensk n., with northern loss of -k from final -sk (see S n.¹). Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v. mense notes use of the word in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham, and Lincolnshire. In sense 2c perhaps instead a development of mend n. (compare forms s.v.); compare also mense n.²

Now English regional (northern), Scottish, and Irish English (northern).

1. Propriety, decorum, kindness, tact; discretion, intelligence, common sense.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > dueness or propriety > [noun]

foȝa1250

mensea1525

properness1531

justice?1551

decentness1561

dueness1576

conveniency1583

fitness1597

propriety1612

fittingness1653

convenience1677

a1525 Thre Prestis of Peblis (Asloan) (1920) 20 Thar manhed & þar mensk þusgat þai murle ffor mariage þus vnite with ane churle.

1786 R. Burns Poems 67 I wat she was a sheep o' sense, An' could behave hersel wi' mense.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. vi. 133 But we hae mense and discretion, and are moderate of our mouths.

1896 S. R. Crockett Grey Man xxvii Have some mense afore the young man, for he looks a sobel chiel.

1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood xv. 253 She had a bonny voice, and she had mense and sense and a fine hand for making apple jeely.

1952 W. Landles Gooseberry Fair 11 A hantle o' mense to oor dull heids send.

1994 E. Morgan tr. M. Buonarroti in Sweeping out Dark 96 Leeze me on your mense [It. cortesia]! For I can sain The saul that's no run through by bornheid time.

a. Honour, regard; credit; an attribute or trait viewed as conferring credit, esp. hospitality.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > [noun]

talec1175

daintya1250

price?a1300

accounta1393

recommendation1433

conceita1438

opiniona1450

tendershipc1460

regard?1533

sense1565

mense1567

sake1590

eye1597

consideration1598

esteem1611

choicea1616

recommends1623

value1637

appreciation1650

mass1942

1567 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. viii. 10 War ȝour richt reknit to þe croun It mycht be laid with litill menss.

1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus iii. f. 47^v This Boos gat on Ruth Obed with mence.

c1580 ( tr. Bk. Alexander (1925) I. i. 547 With grete strenth and hardement Manteme the kingis mense that day.

a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 109 For as it [sc. the Test] stands it hath no mence, It being contrarie common sense.

1847 H. S. Riddell Poems, Songs & Misc. Pieces 16 She had baked a crumpie cake And butter scones, for mense's sake, To entertain her lodger.

1856 G. Henderson Pop. Rhymes Berwick 15 We're a mense to Paxton town.

1925 E. C. Smith Mang Howes & Knowes 2 For Bosells hes muckle mense o er Green!

b. to have both one's meat and mense and variants: to have the credit of being considered generous (in regard to food, etc.) without the expense (as by giving an invitation which is not accepted). Similarly to lose both one's meat and mense, etc.

ΚΠ

a1628 J. Carmichaell Coll. Prov. in Scots (1957) 81 I have my meate and my mense baith.

a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 44 It was repute a good Defence, Yet they lost both their Meat and Mense.

1704 Atholl MSS in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. 235/1 If they send others and not me I hope your grace will not want me and I will hafe both my meat and mense.

1847 R. S. Surtees Hawbuck Grange xv. 295 Our appetite would immediately fail us, and his lordship would save both ‘his meat and his mense’, as they say in the country.

1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down 68 [Citing Poor Rabbin's Ollminick.] Ye shud still ax a frien' t' take a bit o' whativver's goin', if he diz, why A wish him his health, an' much good may it do him; if not ye hae yer meat and mense both.

1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 221/1 Have your meat and your mense, have your mense and your meal.

†c. A return for hospitality, generosity, or kindness; a reward, a recompense. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun] > return or repayment for something given

recompense1439

repensation1579

mense?1775

?1775 (a1600) Dick o Cow (Percy) xxiii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1889) III. vi. 465/1 I wish I had a mense for my own three kye!

1785 W. Hutton Bran New Wark l. 405 Let us dea what mense we can and prevent what evil.

1807 R. Tannahill Soldier's Return 12 We've fed him, clad him—what's our mense for't a'? Base wretch, to steal our Dochter's heart awa'!

3. English regional. Neatness, tidiness; newness, gloss.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > [noun] > order or tidiness

trimness1552

neatness1774

tidiness1800

trigness1821

mense1829

1829 R. Sharp Diary 9 Aug. (1997) 216 Conder had got his Sunday Coat rather stained with an Orange and as it was only new a few Weeks back, he thought it spoiled the mense of it.

1867 T. Blackah Songs & Poems 43 She charged me to clean it for mense.

1898 B. Kirkby Lakeland Words 101 Wesh thisel an mak thisel a mack of mense.

1997 W. Rollinson Dict. Cumbrian Dial. 107/2 Mense,..neatness, order.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mensen.²

Brit.

/mɛns/, U.S.

/mɛns/, Scottish English

/mɛns/

Forms: English regional (northern) 1800s– mense; Scottish 1800s– mense, 1900s– minse.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: immense adj., mense n.¹

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps aphetic < immense adj. (perhaps by apprehension as a noun phrase with indefinite article a adj.), or perhaps a specific sense of mense n.¹, showing a development of sense from ‘profuse hospitality, liberality’ to ‘a liberal amount, a great deal’.Compare a corresponding adverb in the following example (perhaps implying also a corresponding adjectival use):1845 New Statist. Acct. Scotl. XII. 624 They biggit a' that Camp o' the Hillhead, for the country was mensely agen them.

Chiefly English regional (northern) and Scottish.

A large amount or quantity. Usually with of.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > [noun] > a quantity or amount

fother13..

minda1325

quantitya1325

bodya1500

qt.1640

volume1702

some deal1710

lot1789

chance1805

mess1809

grist1832

jag1834

mense1841

1841 R. W. Hamilton Nugæ Lit. 356 There is not a mense of snow in smoky Leeds.

a1843 J. Stewart Sketches Sc. Char. (1857) 22 He's fou o' law the publican, He has a mense o' pure nonsense.

1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. The rain has done a mense of good.

1919 Trans. Sc. Dial. Comm. in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. 249/3 We've gotten a minse o' fish.

1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 221/2 Mense, a great amount, a large quantity.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mensen.³

Brit.

/ˈmɛnsə/, U.S.

/ˈmɛnsə/, South African English

/ˈmensə/

Forms: 1800s– menser, 1900s– mense.

Origin: A borrowing from Afrikaans. Etymons: Afrikaans mense, mens.

Etymology: < Afrikaans mense, plural of mens person < Dutch †mensch (now mens : see mannish n.).

South African colloquial.

With plural agreement. People; (frequently) spec. Afrikaners. Often as a form of address.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > people collectively > [noun]

lede971

folkOE

peoplea1300

peoplea1393

gentry1718

mense1899

1871 J. Mackenzie Ten Years North of Orange River iv. 65 ‘Menschen’ is used by Dutch colonists of themselves, to the exclusion not only of black people, but of Europeans also.]

1899 G. H. Russell Under Sjambok 57 The Boer menser lie, they all lie.

1955 L. G. Green Karoo 13 ‘Mense!’ someone would shout in excitement as the car rumbled up. ‘People!’

1985 Vula Oct. 46 Please mense respect the message.

1996 Weekly Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg) (Electronic ed.) 20 Dec. The authorities refused permission for Pagad's demonstration because they were worried foreigners would skrik at the sight of all those masked mense and not visit South Africa.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mensev.

Brit.

/mɛns/, U.S.

/mɛns/, Scottish English

/mɛns/

Forms: English regional (northern) 1700s– mense, 1800s mence; Scottish pre-1700 1700s– mense, 1700s mence.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: mensk v.

Etymology: Variant of mensk v., with northern loss of -k from final -sk (see S n.¹). Compare mense n.¹

Now English regional (northern) and Scottish.

1. transitive. To grace; to adorn, decorate; to be a credit or to do honour to; to show hospitality to.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautify [verb (transitive)] > ornament

dightc1200

begoa1225

fay?c1225

rustc1275

duba1300

shrouda1300

adorna1325

flourishc1325

apparel1366

depaintc1374

dressa1375

raila1375

anorna1382

orna1382

honourc1390

paintc1390

pare1393

garnisha1400

mensk?a1400

apykec1400

hightlec1400

overfretc1440

exornc1450

embroider1460

repair1484

empare1490

ornate1490

bedo?a1500

purfle?a1500

glorify?1504

betrap1509

broider1509

deck?1521

likelya1522

to set forth1530

exornate1539

grace1548

adornate1550

fardc1550

gaud1554

pink1558

bedeck1559

tight1572

begaud1579

embellish1579

bepounce1582

parela1586

flower1587

ornify1590

illustrate1592

tinsel1594

formalize1595

adore1596

suborn1596

trapper1597

condecorate1599

diamondize1600

furnish1600

enrich1601

mense1602

prank1605

overgreen1609

crown1611

enjewel1611

broocha1616

varnish1641

ornament1650

array1652

bedub1657

bespangle1675

irradiate1717

gem1747

begem1749

redeck1771

blazon1813

aggrace1825

diamond1839

panoply1851

1602 ( D. Lindsay Satyre (Charteris) 4088 in Wks. II. 365 Cum heir Falset & mense the gallows.

1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall xix. sig. F2 Lyke Hophnees with elcrookes to minche and not Samueles, to mense the offerings of God.

a1727 E. Wardlaw Hardyknute (1745) 17 The king of Norse he socht to find, With him to mense the faucht.

a1794 S. Blamire Poet. Wks. (1842) 216 He had the best o' linnen, And keept it just to mense his death.

1808 J. Mayne Siller Gun (new ed.) iii. 57 Convener Tamson mens'd the board, Where sat ilk Deacon like a Lord.

1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck II. 164 They'll..leave the good..ait-meal bannocks to..be pouched by them that draff an' bran wad better hae mensed!

1863 J. P. Robson Songs Bards of Tyne 135 O bonny church! ye've studden lang, To mence our canny toon.

1912 J. L. Waugh Robbie Doo 176 It was the least I could do to mense him after his lang cauld journey in my interest.

2. transitive. English regional. To put in order; to tidy. Also with up.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > put in (proper) order [verb (transitive)] > put in order or tidy

redeOE

slick1340

redda1500

prepare1585

spruce1594

rid1599

snod1608

to clear up1762

snug1787

ted1811

tidy1821

side1825

fix1832

to pick up1853

mense1859

straighten1867

square1909

neaten1942

1859 A. Whitehead Legends of Westmorland 23 Has mens'd her up wi' labour girt, An' now she shines again.

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby I will mense me with a new coat.

1898 R. Blakeborough Wit N. Riding Yorks. 417 Sha seean mensed things up a bit when sha cam.

1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 82 A weel mensed hoos.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹a1525

n.²1841

n.³1899

v.1602

单词	mense
释义	mensen.¹ Brit. /mɛns/, U.S. /mɛns/, Scottish English /mɛns/, Irish English /mɛns/ Forms: English regional (northern) 1700s– mense, 1800s– mence, 1800s– mens, 1800s– ments; Scottish pre-1700 mensk, pre-1700 menss, pre-1700 1700s–1800s mence, pre-1700 1700s– mense, 1700s mains (in compounds), 1700s– (in compounds) mens; Irish English (northern) 1800s– mense, 1900s– mens (in compounds). Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: mensk n. Etymology: Variant of mensk n., with northern loss of -k from final -sk (see S n.¹). Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v. mense notes use of the word in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham, and Lincolnshire. In sense 2c perhaps instead a development of mend n. (compare forms s.v.); compare also mense n.² Now English regional (northern), Scottish, and Irish English (northern). 1. Propriety, decorum, kindness, tact; discretion, intelligence, common sense. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [noun] foȝa1250 mensea1525 properness1531 justice?1551 decentness1561 dueness1576 conveniency1583 fitness1597 propriety1612 fittingness1653 convenience1677 a1525 Thre Prestis of Peblis (Asloan) (1920) 20 Thar manhed & þar mensk þusgat þai murle ffor mariage þus vnite with ane churle. 1786 R. Burns Poems 67 I wat she was a sheep o' sense, An' could behave hersel wi' mense. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. vi. 133 But we hae mense and discretion, and are moderate of our mouths. 1896 S. R. Crockett Grey Man xxvii Have some mense afore the young man, for he looks a sobel chiel. 1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood xv. 253 She had a bonny voice, and she had mense and sense and a fine hand for making apple jeely. 1952 W. Landles Gooseberry Fair 11 A hantle o' mense to oor dull heids send. 1994 E. Morgan tr. M. Buonarroti in Sweeping out Dark 96 Leeze me on your mense [It. cortesia]! For I can sain The saul that's no run through by bornheid time. 2. a. Honour, regard; credit; an attribute or trait viewed as conferring credit, esp. hospitality. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > [noun] talec1175 daintya1250 price?a1300 accounta1393 recommendation1433 conceita1438 opiniona1450 tendershipc1460 regard?1533 sense1565 mense1567 sake1590 eye1597 consideration1598 esteem1611 choicea1616 recommends1623 value1637 appreciation1650 mass1942 1567 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. viii. 10 War ȝour richt reknit to þe croun It mycht be laid with litill menss. 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus iii. f. 47^v This Boos gat on Ruth Obed with mence. c1580 ( tr. Bk. Alexander (1925) I. i. 547 With grete strenth and hardement Manteme the kingis mense that day. a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 109 For as it [sc. the Test] stands it hath no mence, It being contrarie common sense. 1847 H. S. Riddell Poems, Songs & Misc. Pieces 16 She had baked a crumpie cake And butter scones, for mense's sake, To entertain her lodger. 1856 G. Henderson Pop. Rhymes Berwick 15 We're a mense to Paxton town. 1925 E. C. Smith Mang Howes & Knowes 2 For Bosells hes muckle mense o er Green! b. to have both one's meat and mense and variants: to have the credit of being considered generous (in regard to food, etc.) without the expense (as by giving an invitation which is not accepted). Similarly to lose both one's meat and mense, etc. ΚΠ a1628 J. Carmichaell Coll. Prov. in Scots (1957) 81 I have my meate and my mense baith. a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 44 It was repute a good Defence, Yet they lost both their Meat and Mense. 1704 Atholl MSS in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. 235/1 If they send others and not me I hope your grace will not want me and I will hafe both my meat and mense. 1847 R. S. Surtees Hawbuck Grange xv. 295 Our appetite would immediately fail us, and his lordship would save both ‘his meat and his mense’, as they say in the country. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down 68 [Citing Poor Rabbin's Ollminick.] Ye shud still ax a frien' t' take a bit o' whativver's goin', if he diz, why A wish him his health, an' much good may it do him; if not ye hae yer meat and mense both. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 221/1 Have your meat and your mense, have your mense and your meal. †c. A return for hospitality, generosity, or kindness; a reward, a recompense. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun] > return or repayment for something given recompense1439 repensation1579 mense?1775 ?1775 (a1600) Dick o Cow (Percy) xxiii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1889) III. vi. 465/1 I wish I had a mense for my own three kye! 1785 W. Hutton Bran New Wark l. 405 Let us dea what mense we can and prevent what evil. 1807 R. Tannahill Soldier's Return 12 We've fed him, clad him—what's our mense for't a'? Base wretch, to steal our Dochter's heart awa'! 3. English regional. Neatness, tidiness; newness, gloss. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > [noun] > order or tidiness trimness1552 neatness1774 tidiness1800 trigness1821 mense1829 1829 R. Sharp Diary 9 Aug. (1997) 216 Conder had got his Sunday Coat rather stained with an Orange and as it was only new a few Weeks back, he thought it spoiled the mense of it. 1867 T. Blackah Songs & Poems 43 She charged me to clean it for mense. 1898 B. Kirkby Lakeland Words 101 Wesh thisel an mak thisel a mack of mense. 1997 W. Rollinson Dict. Cumbrian Dial. 107/2 Mense,..neatness, order. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mensen.² Brit. /mɛns/, U.S. /mɛns/, Scottish English /mɛns/ Forms: English regional (northern) 1800s– mense; Scottish 1800s– mense, 1900s– minse. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: immense adj., mense n.¹ Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps aphetic < immense adj. (perhaps by apprehension as a noun phrase with indefinite article a adj.), or perhaps a specific sense of mense n.¹, showing a development of sense from ‘profuse hospitality, liberality’ to ‘a liberal amount, a great deal’.Compare a corresponding adverb in the following example (perhaps implying also a corresponding adjectival use):1845 New Statist. Acct. Scotl. XII. 624 They biggit a' that Camp o' the Hillhead, for the country was mensely agen them. Chiefly English regional (northern) and Scottish. A large amount or quantity. Usually with of. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > [noun] > a quantity or amount fother13.. minda1325 quantitya1325 bodya1500 qt.1640 volume1702 some deal1710 lot1789 chance1805 mess1809 grist1832 jag1834 mense1841 1841 R. W. Hamilton Nugæ Lit. 356 There is not a mense of snow in smoky Leeds. a1843 J. Stewart Sketches Sc. Char. (1857) 22 He's fou o' law the publican, He has a mense o' pure nonsense. 1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. The rain has done a mense of good. 1919 Trans. Sc. Dial. Comm. in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. 249/3 We've gotten a minse o' fish. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 221/2 Mense, a great amount, a large quantity. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mensen.³ Brit. /ˈmɛnsə/, U.S. /ˈmɛnsə/, South African English /ˈmensə/ Forms: 1800s– menser, 1900s– mense. Origin: A borrowing from Afrikaans. Etymons: Afrikaans mense, mens. Etymology: < Afrikaans mense, plural of mens person < Dutch †mensch (now mens : see mannish n.). South African colloquial. With plural agreement. People; (frequently) spec. Afrikaners. Often as a form of address. ΘΚΠ the world > people > people collectively > [noun] lede971 folkOE peoplea1300 peoplea1393 gentry1718 mense1899 1871 J. Mackenzie Ten Years North of Orange River iv. 65 ‘Menschen’ is used by Dutch colonists of themselves, to the exclusion not only of black people, but of Europeans also.] 1899 G. H. Russell Under Sjambok 57 The Boer menser lie, they all lie. 1955 L. G. Green Karoo 13 ‘Mense!’ someone would shout in excitement as the car rumbled up. ‘People!’ 1985 Vula Oct. 46 Please mense respect the message. 1996 Weekly Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg) (Electronic ed.) 20 Dec. The authorities refused permission for Pagad's demonstration because they were worried foreigners would skrik at the sight of all those masked mense and not visit South Africa. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mensev. Brit. /mɛns/, U.S. /mɛns/, Scottish English /mɛns/ Forms: English regional (northern) 1700s– mense, 1800s mence; Scottish pre-1700 1700s– mense, 1700s mence. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: mensk v. Etymology: Variant of mensk v., with northern loss of -k from final -sk (see S n.¹). Compare mense n.¹ Now English regional (northern) and Scottish. 1. transitive. To grace; to adorn, decorate; to be a credit or to do honour to; to show hospitality to. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautify [verb (transitive)] > ornament dightc1200 begoa1225 fay?c1225 rustc1275 duba1300 shrouda1300 adorna1325 flourishc1325 apparel1366 depaintc1374 dressa1375 raila1375 anorna1382 orna1382 honourc1390 paintc1390 pare1393 garnisha1400 mensk?a1400 apykec1400 hightlec1400 overfretc1440 exornc1450 embroider1460 repair1484 empare1490 ornate1490 bedo?a1500 purfle?a1500 glorify?1504 betrap1509 broider1509 deck?1521 likelya1522 to set forth1530 exornate1539 grace1548 adornate1550 fardc1550 gaud1554 pink1558 bedeck1559 tight1572 begaud1579 embellish1579 bepounce1582 parela1586 flower1587 ornify1590 illustrate1592 tinsel1594 formalize1595 adore1596 suborn1596 trapper1597 condecorate1599 diamondize1600 furnish1600 enrich1601 mense1602 prank1605 overgreen1609 crown1611 enjewel1611 broocha1616 varnish1641 ornament1650 array1652 bedub1657 bespangle1675 irradiate1717 gem1747 begem1749 redeck1771 blazon1813 aggrace1825 diamond1839 panoply1851 1602 ( D. Lindsay Satyre (Charteris) 4088 in Wks. II. 365 Cum heir Falset & mense the gallows. 1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall xix. sig. F2 Lyke Hophnees with elcrookes to minche and not Samueles, to mense the offerings of God. a1727 E. Wardlaw Hardyknute (1745) 17 The king of Norse he socht to find, With him to mense the faucht. a1794 S. Blamire Poet. Wks. (1842) 216 He had the best o' linnen, And keept it just to mense his death. 1808 J. Mayne Siller Gun (new ed.) iii. 57 Convener Tamson mens'd the board, Where sat ilk Deacon like a Lord. 1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck II. 164 They'll..leave the good..ait-meal bannocks to..be pouched by them that draff an' bran wad better hae mensed! 1863 J. P. Robson Songs Bards of Tyne 135 O bonny church! ye've studden lang, To mence our canny toon. 1912 J. L. Waugh Robbie Doo 176 It was the least I could do to mense him after his lang cauld journey in my interest. 2. transitive. English regional. To put in order; to tidy. Also with up. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > put in (proper) order [verb (transitive)] > put in order or tidy redeOE slick1340 redda1500 prepare1585 spruce1594 rid1599 snod1608 to clear up1762 snug1787 ted1811 tidy1821 side1825 fix1832 to pick up1853 mense1859 straighten1867 square1909 neaten1942 1859 A. Whitehead Legends of Westmorland 23 Has mens'd her up wi' labour girt, An' now she shines again. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby I will mense me with a new coat. 1898 R. Blakeborough Wit N. Riding Yorks. 417 Sha seean mensed things up a bit when sha cam. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 82 A weel mensed hoos. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹a1525n.²1841n.³1899v.1602
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