† maunadj.

Forms: 1700s maan, 1700s–1800s maun.

Origin: Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item.

Etymology: Perhaps attributive use of an unattested noun, representing the reflex of a borrowing < early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic magn (see main n.¹ and main adj.²)). N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (mǭn) /mɔːn/.

Scottish. Obsolete.

Large, great.Only in phrase mickle maun (cf. great adj. 3b).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective]

unlittleeOE

mickleeOE

greateOE

mucha1154

mainc1275

boldc1300

fadec1330

largec1392

tallc1430

big1444

masterfula1450

grand1452

largy1558

fine1590

bonnya1600

large-sized1628

roomly1682

lumping?1706

maun1743

strapping1827

barn door1829

serious1843

jumboesque1893

jumbo1897

economy-sized1930

L1942

jumbo-size1949

economy size1950

1743 Scots Mag. Nov. 524 It has a meikle maun blue pouch hingin' at the carr side o'd, fou o' mullens and chucky-stanes.

1766 D. Herd Anc. & Mod. Sc. Songs II. 99 A meikle maan lang draket grey goose-pen.

a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 175 To skreen their faces Wi' hats and muckle maun bon-graces.

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) Muckle maun chield, a young man who has grown very tall.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

maunv.¹

Brit.

/mɔːn/, U.S.

/mɔn/,

/mɑn/, Scottish English

/mɔn/, Irish English

/mɒːn/

Forms: English regional (chiefly northern) late Middle English 1800s– man, 1800s– maun, 1800s– men, 1800s– min; Scottish pre-1700 mane, pre-1700 manne, pre-1700 1700s– ma'n, pre-1700 1700s– man, pre-1700 1700s– mann, pre-1700 1700s– maun, pre-1700 (1800s– Shetland) men, 1700s– min (chiefly Shetland), 1900s– maan; Irish English (northern) 1800s– man, 1800s– maun. With negative particle affixed English regional(northern) 1800s– manna, 1800s– minna; Scottish 1700s manna', 1700s mannee, 1700s min'nae, 1700s– manna, 1700s– mauna, 1700s– maunna, 1800s mannot, 1900s– mannie, 1900s– maunae, 1900s– maunnae, 1900s– menna (Shetland), 1900s– minna.

Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian.

Etymology: < early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic man , variant of earlier mun , 1st and 3rd person singular of the present tense of munu mun v.).The forms men , min , etc., are probably low-stress variants; it is possible that some of these forms may rather belong at mun v. With the Shetland forms men , min compare Norn (Shetland) min (also mien ), 1st and 3rd person singular of the present tense of the verb represented by Old Icelandic munu mun v.

English regional (chiefly northern), Scottish, and Irish English (northern). (Only in the present tense.)

I. Senses relating to may v.¹

1. = may v.¹ 5, 6. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > expressing possibility [verb]

mayeOE

moteOE

maunc1450

can1567

musta1796

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 1681 Þe men of Medi man, be ȝoure leue, Lang all in oure lawe lely to-gedire.

1890 ‘A. Clare’ For Love of Lass I. iii. 30 Ay, lads, ye maun weel luik skeered.

II. In senses of must v.¹

a. = must v.¹ 3a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > necessity > must of necessity [verb (intransitive)] > be absolutely compelled or obliged

shallc888

moteOE

must?c1225

bida1300

maunc1480

fall1681

get1767

c1480 (a1400) St. Andrew 1060 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 94 Sa mane we þane trew, þat [etc.].

1577 in 3rd Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1872) 419/1 I man prepair me to keip the same.

c1620 A. Hume Of Orthogr. Britan Tongue (1870) i. ii. §6 To make a conformitie baeth in latine and English, we man begin with the latine.

1622 (?a1513) W. Dunbar Poems (Reidpeth) (1998) I. 242 With sum rewaird we mane him quyt againe.

1721 A. Ramsay Prospect of Plenty 112 Maun bauld Britannia bear Batavia's yoke?

1790 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum III. 249 And I maun leave my bony Mary.

1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton I. iv. 45 Father said I maun try and get a place.

1913 J. J. H. Burgess Rasmie's Büddie (new ed.) 11 If ye wid interest dem, Ye mann spaek in English too.

1933 J. Gray Lowrie 29 If doo sells da smaaest millan o' him [sc. a pig], dan doo maan oese dis Human Killer.

1969 G. M. Brown Orkney Tapestry 41 And farbye they maun labour..until sic time as the hairst..be gaitherit in.

1976 R. Bulter Shaela 11 Dan comes da time I feel dat I Man geng an see Da place.

b. = must v.¹ 3b.

ΚΠ

1538 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) My wyf and x barnes..manne peryse for wanting of lyvyse fuyd.

1605 Edinb. Test. XL. f. 14^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Man I man anes depart and flit out of this present warld.

a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1956) II. 82 Sic sorrow now maun sadden ilka eie, An ilka waefu' shepherd grieve wi' me.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. xii. 298 What's dune in the body maun be answered in the spirit.

1886 ‘H. Haliburton’ Horace in Homespun 2 A' the warld an' his wife Maun lie at ae great level.

1915 J. Buchan Thirty-nine Steps v. 110 I canna dae't... The Surveyor maun just report me.

3. = must v.¹ 8a.

ΚΠ

1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay sig. Hi Veralie he man be god.

1591 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) I. ii. 253 Quhilk visiounis man haif procedit of your dewilisch airt of wichcraft.

1848 J. Boyce Shandy M'Guire i. 5 ‘Ye maun be in an unco' hurry’, said a little man on horseback, riding up close to him.

1894 S. R. Crockett Lilac Sunbonnet 34 Ye maun hae been terrible bonny in thae days!

4. = must v.¹ 4.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > necessity > must of necessity [verb (intransitive)] > be necessary condition

shalla1000

maun1567

1567 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 532 To se oure..sone..in that..estait quhairto he justlie aucht and man succeid to.

1603 Philotus cxxxix. sig. E4^v That ȝe command it man be done.

a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 146 I man remember sum thing mair at lainthe.

5. = must v.¹ 3a(b).

ΚΠ

c1580 ( tr. Bk. Alexander (1921) II. ii. 2734 We man sum tyme to gamming and gle.

a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) 21112 That rancour..That force it is it man out at the last.

?a1700 in Trans. Edinb. Bibliogr. Soc. (1957) 3 293 John Paterson's mare mann foremost.

c1760 Wife of Usher's Well in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1885) II. iii. B. iv The aulder to the younger did say, Dear brother we maun away.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. xiii. 275 He that will to Cupar maun to Cupar.

1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Aa man away noo; aa've stopt ower lang.

1901 N. Munro Doom Castle vii I maun awa' in.

1933 Border Mag. Dec. 178 We've lots to dae, baith you and I, And I maun to the sea.

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

maunv.²

Brit.

/mɔːn/, U.S.

/mɔn/,

/mɑn/, Scottish English

/mɔn/

Forms: 1700s– maun, 1800s– man, 1800s– mann, 1900s– mand.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from early Scandinavian.

Etymology: Probably the reflex of a borrowing < early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic magna to empower, strengthen, make strong by spell, Norwegian (Nynorsk) magna to strengthen, Norwegian regional magna to overpower), cognate with Old English mægenian , mægnian to gain strength, strengthen, establish in power, ultimately < the Germanic base of main n.¹

Scottish.

1. transitive. To manage to do something.In quot. 1932, with ellipsis of the infinitive of a verb of motion.

ΚΠ

1790 A. Wilson Poems 202 Death's maunt at last to ding me owre.

1791 A. Wilson Poems (ed. 2) 240 Sud ane o' thae, by lang experience, man To spin out tales.

1849 W. Jamie Stray Effusions 25 'Tis fifty simmers, a' but ane, Sin' first I man'd to stoit my lane.

1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags 226 The thought of his kindness made me like him better than I had manned to do for some time.

1932 A. McCormick Galloway 91 An' whut's waur nor that, few o' them ever maun oot again.

2. transitive. To manage, master, control, direct.

ΚΠ

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) Ye maunna maun me.

1951 in Sc. National Dict. (1965) (at cited word) Ye can maun a bull, whan ye canna maun a horse or a hizzie.

2015 I. Nimmo White in Lallans 86 60 This [dam] laiched the Loch and mauned the shot o the River; the ootcome bein less fludin.

Derivatives

ˈmauning adj. domineering, overbearing.

ΚΠ

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) Sho's an unco maunin wife; sho gars ilka body rin whan sho cries Iss.

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

adj.1743

v.¹c1450

v.²1790

单词	maun
释义	† maunadj. Forms: 1700s maan, 1700s–1800s maun. Origin: Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymology: Perhaps attributive use of an unattested noun, representing the reflex of a borrowing < early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic magn (see main n.¹ and main adj.²)). N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (mǭn) /mɔːn/. Scottish. Obsolete. Large, great.Only in phrase mickle maun (cf. great adj. 3b). ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] unlittleeOE mickleeOE greateOE mucha1154 mainc1275 boldc1300 fadec1330 largec1392 tallc1430 big1444 masterfula1450 grand1452 largy1558 fine1590 bonnya1600 large-sized1628 roomly1682 lumping?1706 maun1743 strapping1827 barn door1829 serious1843 jumboesque1893 jumbo1897 economy-sized1930 L1942 jumbo-size1949 economy size1950 1743 Scots Mag. Nov. 524 It has a meikle maun blue pouch hingin' at the carr side o'd, fou o' mullens and chucky-stanes. 1766 D. Herd Anc. & Mod. Sc. Songs II. 99 A meikle maan lang draket grey goose-pen. a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 175 To skreen their faces Wi' hats and muckle maun bon-graces. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) Muckle maun chield, a young man who has grown very tall. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). maunv.¹ Brit. /mɔːn/, U.S. /mɔn/, /mɑn/, Scottish English /mɔn/, Irish English /mɒːn/ Forms: English regional (chiefly northern) late Middle English 1800s– man, 1800s– maun, 1800s– men, 1800s– min; Scottish pre-1700 mane, pre-1700 manne, pre-1700 1700s– ma'n, pre-1700 1700s– man, pre-1700 1700s– mann, pre-1700 1700s– maun, pre-1700 (1800s– Shetland) men, 1700s– min (chiefly Shetland), 1900s– maan; Irish English (northern) 1800s– man, 1800s– maun. With negative particle affixed English regional(northern) 1800s– manna, 1800s– minna; Scottish 1700s manna', 1700s mannee, 1700s min'nae, 1700s– manna, 1700s– mauna, 1700s– maunna, 1800s mannot, 1900s– mannie, 1900s– maunae, 1900s– maunnae, 1900s– menna (Shetland), 1900s– minna. Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymology: < early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic man , variant of earlier mun , 1st and 3rd person singular of the present tense of munu mun v.).The forms men , min , etc., are probably low-stress variants; it is possible that some of these forms may rather belong at mun v. With the Shetland forms men , min compare Norn (Shetland) min (also mien ), 1st and 3rd person singular of the present tense of the verb represented by Old Icelandic munu mun v. English regional (chiefly northern), Scottish, and Irish English (northern). (Only in the present tense.) I. Senses relating to may v.¹ 1. = may v.¹ 5, 6. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > expressing possibility [verb] mayeOE moteOE maunc1450 can1567 musta1796 c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 1681 Þe men of Medi man, be ȝoure leue, Lang all in oure lawe lely to-gedire. 1890 ‘A. Clare’ For Love of Lass I. iii. 30 Ay, lads, ye maun weel luik skeered. II. In senses of must v.¹ 2. a. = must v.¹ 3a. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > must of necessity [verb (intransitive)] > be absolutely compelled or obliged shallc888 moteOE must?c1225 bida1300 maunc1480 fall1681 get1767 c1480 (a1400) St. Andrew 1060 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 94 Sa mane we þane trew, þat [etc.]. 1577 in 3rd Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1872) 419/1 I man prepair me to keip the same. c1620 A. Hume Of Orthogr. Britan Tongue (1870) i. ii. §6 To make a conformitie baeth in latine and English, we man begin with the latine. 1622 (?a1513) W. Dunbar Poems (Reidpeth) (1998) I. 242 With sum rewaird we mane him quyt againe. 1721 A. Ramsay Prospect of Plenty 112 Maun bauld Britannia bear Batavia's yoke? 1790 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum III. 249 And I maun leave my bony Mary. 1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton I. iv. 45 Father said I maun try and get a place. 1913 J. J. H. Burgess Rasmie's Büddie (new ed.) 11 If ye wid interest dem, Ye mann spaek in English too. 1933 J. Gray Lowrie 29 If doo sells da smaaest millan o' him [sc. a pig], dan doo maan oese dis Human Killer. 1969 G. M. Brown Orkney Tapestry 41 And farbye they maun labour..until sic time as the hairst..be gaitherit in. 1976 R. Bulter Shaela 11 Dan comes da time I feel dat I Man geng an see Da place. b. = must v.¹ 3b. ΚΠ 1538 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) My wyf and x barnes..manne peryse for wanting of lyvyse fuyd. 1605 Edinb. Test. XL. f. 14^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Man I man anes depart and flit out of this present warld. a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1956) II. 82 Sic sorrow now maun sadden ilka eie, An ilka waefu' shepherd grieve wi' me. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. xii. 298 What's dune in the body maun be answered in the spirit. 1886 ‘H. Haliburton’ Horace in Homespun 2 A' the warld an' his wife Maun lie at ae great level. 1915 J. Buchan Thirty-nine Steps v. 110 I canna dae't... The Surveyor maun just report me. 3. = must v.¹ 8a. ΚΠ 1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay sig. Hi Veralie he man be god. 1591 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) I. ii. 253 Quhilk visiounis man haif procedit of your dewilisch airt of wichcraft. 1848 J. Boyce Shandy M'Guire i. 5 ‘Ye maun be in an unco' hurry’, said a little man on horseback, riding up close to him. 1894 S. R. Crockett Lilac Sunbonnet 34 Ye maun hae been terrible bonny in thae days! 4. = must v.¹ 4. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > must of necessity [verb (intransitive)] > be necessary condition shalla1000 maun1567 1567 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 532 To se oure..sone..in that..estait quhairto he justlie aucht and man succeid to. 1603 Philotus cxxxix. sig. E4^v That ȝe command it man be done. a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 146 I man remember sum thing mair at lainthe. 5. = must v.¹ 3a(b). ΚΠ c1580 ( tr. Bk. Alexander (1921) II. ii. 2734 We man sum tyme to gamming and gle. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) 21112 That rancour..That force it is it man out at the last. ?a1700 in Trans. Edinb. Bibliogr. Soc. (1957) 3 293 John Paterson's mare mann foremost. c1760 Wife of Usher's Well in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1885) II. iii. B. iv The aulder to the younger did say, Dear brother we maun away. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. xiii. 275 He that will to Cupar maun to Cupar. 1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Aa man away noo; aa've stopt ower lang. 1901 N. Munro Doom Castle vii I maun awa' in. 1933 Border Mag. Dec. 178 We've lots to dae, baith you and I, And I maun to the sea. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). maunv.² Brit. /mɔːn/, U.S. /mɔn/, /mɑn/, Scottish English /mɔn/ Forms: 1700s– maun, 1800s– man, 1800s– mann, 1900s– mand. Origin: Probably a borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymology: Probably the reflex of a borrowing < early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic magna to empower, strengthen, make strong by spell, Norwegian (Nynorsk) magna to strengthen, Norwegian regional magna to overpower), cognate with Old English mægenian , mægnian to gain strength, strengthen, establish in power, ultimately < the Germanic base of main n.¹ Scottish. 1. transitive. To manage to do something.In quot. 1932, with ellipsis of the infinitive of a verb of motion. ΚΠ 1790 A. Wilson Poems 202 Death's maunt at last to ding me owre. 1791 A. Wilson Poems (ed. 2) 240 Sud ane o' thae, by lang experience, man To spin out tales. 1849 W. Jamie Stray Effusions 25 'Tis fifty simmers, a' but ane, Sin' first I man'd to stoit my lane. 1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags 226 The thought of his kindness made me like him better than I had manned to do for some time. 1932 A. McCormick Galloway 91 An' whut's waur nor that, few o' them ever maun oot again. 2. transitive. To manage, master, control, direct. ΚΠ 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) Ye maunna maun me. 1951 in Sc. National Dict. (1965) (at cited word) Ye can maun a bull, whan ye canna maun a horse or a hizzie. 2015 I. Nimmo White in Lallans 86 60 This [dam] laiched the Loch and mauned the shot o the River; the ootcome bein less fludin. Derivatives ˈmauning adj. domineering, overbearing. ΚΠ 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) Sho's an unco maunin wife; sho gars ilka body rin whan sho cries Iss. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1743v.¹c1450v.²1790
随便看	make latins make lavish make leap year of make leg bail make leg-payments make legpayments make let force make life a misery make light of make light work of make like make like a paper doll, and cut out make like a welshman's hose make litter of make little of make little on make little phrase about make little political sense make little way make long sermon make love make love, not war make maistrice make manner to make manred

† maunadj.

maunv.1

maunv.2

Derivatives

maunv.¹

maunv.²