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▪ I. † men, indef. pron. Obs. See also me indef. pron. [Weakened form of man indef. pron.; cf. Du. men.] = one 21.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 33 Þis beot þa twa sunne þe men fulieð alra swiðest. a1225Leg. Kath. (Abbotsf.) 1372 As men [v.r. me] droh ham to hare deað. c1250Gen. & Ex. 1293 And morie, men seið, was ðat hil. c1385Chaucer L.G.W. Prol. 205, I bad men sholde me my covche make. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. ii. vii. (1495) 33 Of the other two Ierarchyes men shall speke innermore in theyr owne place. 1483Caxton G. de la Tour f v b, Men ought not to susteyne his lord in his wrathe and yre. 1484― Fables of æsop v. vii, Men muste putte hym self at the vpper syde of hym. ▪ II. men plural of man n. ▪ III. men obs. f. mean. |