† minn.¹

Forms: Old English–Middle English mine, Old English–Middle English myne, Middle English men, Middle English min, Middle English minne, Middle English mune, Middle English myn, Middle English mynne.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with Old Saxon muni- (in munilīc lovable), Middle High German mun thought, intention, Old Icelandic munr mind, desire, love, Gothic muns purpose, intention < the Germanic base of i-mune v.

Obsolete.

a. Mind, purpose, intention; wish, desire. (Only in Old English.)

ΚΠ

OE Rhyming Poem 33 Mod mægnade, mine fægnade.

OE Beowulf 2572 Scyld wel gebearg life ond lice læssan hwile..þonne his myne sohte.

OE Seven Sleepers (Julius) (1994) 37 Ealle heora heafda wæron mid duste besyfte; wæs þeh eall heora myne fæst on tohopunge þæs ecan Drihtnes.

b. Remembrance, memory; to make min of: to make mention of.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > [noun] > act of remembering, recollection

minOE

thoughtc1175

memorya1275

minninga1325

bethinking1340

record1340

recording1340

remembrancec1350

memoriala1382

rememberinga1382

minsing?a1400

rememorancea1438

mindingc1449

remembrancingc1449

rememorationc1449

resouvenancec1450

umbethinkingc1450

sovenance1477

memoration1562

reminiscence1589

recollecting1604

rememorating1606

recollection1633

evocation1646

recall1651

recordancy1654

anamnesis1656

membrance1827

reliving1919

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > [noun] > mention

i-mindOE

minOE

mindc1350

minninga1400

touchc1400

mention1559

reference1591

mensh1973

OE Seven Sleepers (Julius) (1994) 33 Þa ða hæðenan menn Cristendomes leoman mid ealle adwæscan woldon and ælcne myne ofer eorðan adylgian.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 5173 Yee ha sin þat yee mak of him ani min.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 8835 To haf o þat tre lastand min.

a1450 (?a1390) J. Mirk Instr. Parish Priests (Claud.) (1974) 1853 On þy power þen haue þow mynne, Þat þou myȝt a-soyle of alle synne.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 291 (MED) Now, gramercy agayn! Mekill thank and myn and this shalbe ment.

1556–7 H. Machyn Jrnl. in B. Cusack Everyday Eng. 1500–1700 (1998) 167 The same day at after non was y^e ij yere myne of good master lewyn.

Compounds

min-day n. the anniversary of a person's death; a commemoration of this; cf. mind-day n. at mind n.¹ Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > obsequies > commemorative ceremonies > [noun] > religious or mass > day of anniversary

i-mind-dayeOE

min-day?c1225

mind-dayc1390

minning day1426

minning date1556

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 21 Ȝef hit bið ani munedai of ouwer leoue front, seggeð alle niȝene.

a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 9 Ine aniuersaries, þet is, ine munedawes, of ower leoue vreond.

a1300 ( Indulgence of Bp. Lifing, Crediton, Devon in Britannica: M. Förster zum Sechzigsten Geburtstage (1929) 117 Mine daȝes were iȝeue and bi-ȝite of oþer bischopes.

1464 Will in Antiquary (1883) 8 243 I wyll that the pryoure and bretheryn..shall keepe and hold my yeerly Menday.

1532 in F. W. Weaver Wells Wills (1890) 84 A myndey cowe that I had of my mother.

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minn.²

Brit.

/mɪn/, U.S.

/mɪn/

Forms: 1500s min:, 1500s– min., 1800s– min (without point).

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: minute n.¹

Etymology: Shortened < minute n.¹, in sense 1 from sense 5 of that word (as a graphic abbreviation), in sense 2 from sense 6a of that word (originally as a graphic abbreviation).

1. = minute n.¹ 5 (frequently representing the plural).The form min. in quot. 1929 is not abbreviated in this way in the notes to earlier editions of Freneau's poem.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > geometry > angle > [noun] > degree > minute

minutec1550

min1559

scruple1610

1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 108 Then I find by that obseruation, the Mone to differ from regulus, j. degree .43. min.

1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. iv. viii. 218 The half of the deg. and min. thus numbred together, will be the Elevation of the Pole.

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. at Vindemiatrix A Fixed Star of the third Magnitude, in the Constellation Virgo, whose Longitude is 185 degr. 23 min. Latitude 16 degr. 15 min.

1872 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 1 186 Mr. Hamilton was sojourning in the vicinity of Dondo, situated upon the right bank of the Quanza river, in 9 deg. 40 min. south latitude and 14 deg. 52 min. east longitude.

1929 H. H. Clark in P. M. Freneau Poems 346 (note) Lat. 32 deg. 20 min. N.—Long. 63.40 W.—and about 780 miles East of the coast of South Carolina.

2. Chiefly colloquial except as a written abbreviation: = minute n.¹ 6a (frequently representing the plural).

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > minute > [noun]

minutea1393

mint-whilec1400

minute tide1492

min1588

scruple of an hour1603

M1670

1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. sig. Gviij Ye cowrse of ye sone, quhilk sence hes bene obserueit to be accompleseit in 365 dayes 5 houris 10 min: and 16 Secondis.

1740 B. Franklin Poor Richard's Almanac 1214 I do hereby certify, that I did actually die at that time, precisely at the Hour you mention'd, with a Variation only of 5 min. 53 sec.

1860 E. B. Denison Clocks, Watches & Bells (ed. 4) 171 This may be..made to indicate half quarters..at about 50 min. past the hour..the clock would strike 3 ding dongs and one bell more.

1892 Field 14 May 735/3 He..‘clocked’ 2 min 2 sec all the way.

1920 Whitaker's Electr. Engineer's Pocket-bk. (ed. 4) 646 On light work, about 3 ft. of seam weld can be made per min.

1959 P. Bull I know Face i. 18 Miss Pereira..told me to meet her in the ABC up the street in ten mins.

1974 D. Norden in F. Muir & D. Norden Upon my Word! 7 Give me just five mins.

1993 Brit. Jrnl. Surg. 80 240/1 The pancreas was warmed for 2 min in minimum essential medium.

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† minn.³

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: minnie n.¹

Etymology: Shortened < minnie n.¹

Scottish. Obsolete.

Mother.

ΚΠ

1847 Johnnie Faa in F. Sheldon Minstrelsy Eng. Border 331 I'm Johnny Faa o' Yetholm town, There dwall my min and daddie O.

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minn.⁴adj.²adv.

Brit.

/mɪn/, U.S.

/mɪn/

Forms: 1800s– min., 1900s– min (without point).

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: minimum n.

Etymology: Shortened < minimum n. (originally as graphic abbreviation).

= minimum n. and adj. Also as adv.: at the minimum.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > least quantity or amount > least amount attainable, usual, etc.

minimuma1698

min1847

quota1956

1847 Commerc. Rev. South & West Oct. 246 Farry gives the annual range of the thermometer at Fort King, as follows: max. 105°, min. 27°, range 78°.

1851 C. Cist Sketches & Statistics Cincinnati 42 Table X... Mean height Inches. Min. height Inches. Max. height inches.

1886 Dict. Abbrevs. 66 Min., minimum (Latin), lowest.

1914 Dial. Notes 4 ii. 143 These max and min problems are the limit.

1943 P. Larkin Let. 16 Sept. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 70 Salary £260 (The Admiralty had been £300 plus bonus)..min.

1991 Computing 10 Jan. 52/2 (advt.) 2 yrs min exp of COBOL/CICS/MVS..advantageous.

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† minadj.¹

Forms: Middle English minne, Middle English myne, Middle English mynn, Middle English–1500s min, Middle English–1500s myn, Middle English–1500s mynne; Scottish pre-1700 min, pre-1700 myn, pre-1700 myne.

Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian.

Etymology: < early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic minni , Old Swedish minne , Swedish mindre , Old Danish minne , Danish mindre ) < a Germanic comparative form (without corresponding positive form) meaning ‘less, smaller’ ( > Old Frisian minnera , minra (West Frisian minder ), Middle Dutch minre , minder (Dutch minder ), Old Saxon minnero , Old High German minniro (Middle High German minre , minner , German minder ), Gothic minniza ): see further discussion s.v. minor adj.Suggested examples of this word in Old English are better interpreted as instances of minne wicked, harmful, probably cognate with mān man adj.

Obsolete.

Less; smaller; lower. (Always in collocation with more: see more and min at more n.³ 1.)The phrases in which it is used may be adjective, adverb, or noun phrases.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > less

lessOE

minc1330

c1330 Sir Degare (Auch.) 616 in W. H. French & C. B. Hale Middle Eng. Metrical Romances (1930) 306 (MED) Mani a man..knowes noþing of hire kin, Ne sche of his, neiþer more ne min.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) 19249 (MED) Þre houris aftir, more ny myn, His wif..coom In.

a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) ix. 5 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 139 (MED) Þou snibbid genge mare and minne.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 1881 (MED) He schrof hym..& schewed his mysdedez, Of þe more & þe mynne.

?a1425 (?c1350) Northern Passion (Rawl.) 1371 (MED) Þai spak of maters more and myn.

?a1425 Gast of Guy (Rawl. Poet. 175) (1898) l. 3 Saint Michæl..And saint Austyn..And other maisters mare & myn.

a1450 York Plays (1885) 46 My ffadir knewe both more and mynne;..That al þis worlde shuld synke for synne.

1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 345 (MED) His confessyon of treason, more and mynne, Of ix poyntes fayned, he then proclaymed.

?1595 J. Anderson Winter Night (1713) 19 Christ bade all people more and min.

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Minadj.³n.⁵

Brit.

/mɪn/, U.S.

/mɪn/

Origin: A borrowing from Chinese. Etymon: Chinese Mǐn.

Etymology: < Chinese Mǐn.

A. adj.³

Of or relating to the district of Min in Fujian province in south-eastern China or to the group of Chinese dialects spoken there.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Far East > [adjective] > China > parts of China

Manchurian1706

Manchu1736

Cantonese1857

Min1902

Szechuanese1918

Khotanese1948

the mind > language > languages of the world > Sino-Tibetan > [adjective] > of Chinese > of dialects of

Hokkien1832

Amoy1844

Cantonese1857

Hakka1881

Wu1908

Szechuanese1918

wenyan1936

Hunanese1937

Gan1943

Min1959

Yi1960

Teochew1970

yüeh1978

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 27/1 The Min forts at the entrance of the Foochow river.

1910 Encycl. Brit. VI. 202/1 The French fleet attacked and destroyed..the forts which were built to guard the entrance to the Min river.

1941 Harvard Jrnl. Asiatic Stud. 5 224 The chief reasons for regarding the first element as ē are that Go-on and Wenchow have e for the final and that the Min dialects often have ui.

1959 Chambers's Encycl. III. 488/2 The Min dialects of Fukien, with well-marked varieties in Foochow and Amoy.

1975 Language 51 258 Cháozhoū, a Mǐn dialect spoken on the southeast coast of mainland China.

1990 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 35 341 This three-way contrast of stop endings in the entering tone is still found in..the literary layer of Southern Min dialects such as Xiamen (Amoy), as well as in Northern Min dialects such as Longdu.

1998 Guardian 14 Sept. i. 15/6 He could get by in Shanghainese, and worked on Min dialects.

B. n.⁵

The Min group of Chinese dialects; (also) any of these.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > languages of the world > Sino-Tibetan > [noun] > Chinese > dialects of

Pekingese1849

Hakka1864

Amoy1880

Cantonese1883

Yunnanese1927

Tonkinese1934

Gan1943

Szechuanese1947

Hunanese1948

Min1948

Yüeh1954

Teochew1962

Shanghainese1964

Sze Yap1964

Wu1964

1948 R. A. D. Forrest Chinese Lang. xi. 232 Hainanese has a basis in common Min, and seems to build its peculiar features on the traits of Amoy and Swatow where these diverge from the rest of the group.

1964 M. A. K. Halliday et al. in J. A. Fishman Readings Sociol. of Lang. (1968) 146 There are six major dialects in modern China: Mandarin, Cantonese, Wu, North Min, South Min and Hakka.

1977 K. Katzner Langs. of World (U.K. ed.) ii. 209 The other major dialects are..Fukienese, or Min, spoken by about 45 million people.

1987 Harvard Jrnl. Asiatic Stud. 47 644 (note) Pulleyblank errs when he says that these [retroflex initials] have merged with the retroflex affricates ‘in all dialects except colloquial Min’; they appear as dental stops in both colloquial and literary Min.

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† minv.¹

Forms: Old English mynnan, late Old English menian, Middle English myn.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: min n.¹

Etymology: < min n.¹ Compare ming v.²Compare also Old English yfelmynnan to contrive or construe with evil intent, put a bad construction on.

Obsolete.

1. transitive. With infinitive: to purpose, intend, or have a mind to do something.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > intend [verb (intransitive)]

minOE

howOE

intenta1300

meana1375

intend1390

purposea1400

aimc1450

collime1677

design1749

OE Andreas (1932) 294 We ðe estlice mid us willað ferigan freolice..efne to þam lande þær þe lust myneð to gesecanne.

OE Guthlac B 1088 Þær min hyht myneð to gesecenne.

2. intransitive. To direct one's course, go.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (intransitive)]

thinkeOE

bowa1000

seta1000

scritheOE

minlOE

turnc1175

to wend one's wayc1225

ettlec1275

hieldc1275

standc1300

to take (the) gatec1330

bear?c1335

applyc1384

aim?a1400

bend1399

hita1400

straighta1400

bounc1400

intendc1425

purposec1425

appliquec1440

stevenc1440

shape1480

make1488

steera1500

course1555

to make out1558

to make in1575

to make for ——a1593

to make forth1594

plyc1595

trend1618

tour1768

to lie up1779

head1817

loop1898

lOE King Ælfred tr. St. Augustine Soliloquies (Vitell.) (1922) Pref. 1 Ic lære ælcne ðara þe maga si and manigne wæn hæbbe, þæt he menige to þam ilcan wuda þar ic ðas stuðansceaftas cearf.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 4787 (MED) Vp at a maȝtene mountane he myns with his ost.

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† minv.²

Forms: Middle English min, Middle English mine, Middle English minn, Middle English minne, Middle English miyn, Middle English myne, Middle English mynn, Middle English–1500s myn, Middle English–1500s mynne.

Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian.

Etymology: < an early Scandinavian weak verb (compare Old Icelandic minna to remind (also with impersonal use corresponding to sense 1), Old Swedish, Swedish minna , Old Danish, Danish minde ) derived from a noun (compare Old Icelandic minni memory) < a different ablaut grade of the Germanic base of i-mind n. (see the discussion at that entry for further details and parallel formations in other Germanic languages).Quot. a1200 at sense 2 may belong to ming v.²; quot. a 1225 given at sense 4 in N.E.D. s.v. and quot. ?c 1325 given at sense 5 in N.E.D. s.v. are probably better understood, on phonological grounds, as examples of mone v.; it is however not always possible to determine unambiguously which of these three words any particular form actually represents. Compare also the note s.v. mean v.¹

Obsolete.

1. impersonal. In me mins: I recollect, I remember, I think. With of, on.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > remember [verb (impersonal)]

me minsc1175

me meanetha1400

(it) remembers mea1450

remember1608

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1817 Me mineþþ þatt icc seȝȝde ȝuw..Þatt godess enngell gabriæl Wass sennd till zakariȝe.

c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) 185 (MED) Of a wilde bor I wene, me mineþ boute for, Al of þe feure!

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 1625 For in þe marche of Messedone me mynes on a tyme Þat [etc.].

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 345 Cryst saide his self, mynnes me, That [etc.].

2. transitive. To remind or exhort (a person); to urge.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > remind [verb (transitive)]

mingOE

mina1200

bethink1340

recorda1382

reducec1425

rememberc1425

rememorate1460

mind1524

revive?1564

remembrance1593

recall1595

prompt1600

remind1621

enmind1645

immind1647

refricate1657

commonish1661

flap1790

to touch up1796

the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > commemoration, remembrance > commemorate [verb (transitive)]

mingOE

mina1200

remenec1400

remember?a1439

memorize1593

commemorize1628

commemoratea1638

embalma1674

monument1756

memorialize1798

anniversary1841

monumentalize1857

mark1871

obituarize1877

jubilee1887

a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 139 (MED) He minede alle men to forleten here sinnes.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 982 (MED) Þe lorde luflych aloft lepez ful ofte, Mynned merthe to be made vpon mony syþez.

a1500 (?a1400) Morte Arthur (1903) 169 Syr, of one thinge I wolle you mynne.

3. transitive. To remember, to have or bear in mind; to call to mind or remembrance, recollect. Also with clause as object.In quot. c1330: to take note (of something).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > call to mind, recollect [verb (transitive)]

i-thenchec897

bethinkOE

mingOE

thinkOE

monelOE

umbethinkc1175

to draw (also take) into (or to) memorya1275

minc1330

record1340

revert1340

remembera1382

mindc1384

monishc1384

to bring to mindc1390

remenec1390

me meanetha1400

reducec1425

to call to mind1427

gaincall1434

pense1493

remord?1507

revocate1527

revive1531

cite1549

to call back1572

recall1579

to call to mind (also memory, remembrance)1583

to call to remembrance1583

revoke1586

reverse1590

submonish1591

recover1602

recordate1603

to call up1606

to fetch up1608

reconjure1611

collect1612

remind1615

recollect1631

rememorize1632

retrieve1644

think1671

reconnoitre1729

member1823

reminisce1829

rememorate1835

recomember1852

evoke1856

updraw1879

withcall1901

access1978

c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 563 (MED) Bliþe weren þai alle, And merkes gun þai minne.

a1350 in K. Böddeker Altengl. Dichtungen (1878) 200 Iesu..Wiþ þine suete eȝen loke towart me, Ant myldeliche myne..al þat þou se.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. B.15.17) (1869) B. xv. 454 Mynnen [c1400 Laud Ȝe nymmen wel how matheu seith, how a man made a feste].

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 995 On þe morne, as vch mon mynez þat tyme.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 1094 (MED) So sall þi name fra now furth be mynned in mynde.

c1450 W. Lichefeld Complaint of God (Lamb. 853) 453 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 219 My merci, if þou it mynned, Y haue schewid it þee on many wise.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 342 (MED) Myn ye noght that I you told?

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 1434 [Happye] is þe here In no hate lengis..Ne mynnes no malis þat is of mynd past.

a. intransitive. To consider, reflect, ponder.

ΚΠ

a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 39 (MED) Betre is make forewardes faste þen afterward to mene ant mynne.

a1450 York Plays (1885) 79 (MED) We may mourne and myne; Þer is no man vs myrþes mase.

b. intransitive. With of, on, upon. To remember, bear in mind, recollect; to think (of something or someone).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > have in one's mind, remember [verb (intransitive)]

monelOE

to have memory (of)a1275

recorda1382

remembera1393

mina1400

meana1425

to have‥in urec1450

to be remembereda1500

minda1500

retain1581

rememorate1606

reminisce1896

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 112 A lastand warc apon to myn [a1400 Gött. minne].

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 8252 (MED) O cercles þat he tok a-wai Offrand he made at min on ai.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) 21873 Hongres & deeþ vpon to mynne.

c1400 (?c1380) Pearl 583 (MED) Fyrst of my hyre my Lorde con mynne.

a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) viii. 5 What is man that thou ert mynand of him?

a1500 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1891) 86 389 (MED) On straunge & nedy men þou mynne, And herbere þam þi house with-jnne.

5. transitive. To say, tell, mention, record, relate.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)]

speakc825

queatheOE

forthdoc900

i-seggenc900

sayeOE

speak971

meleOE

quidOE

spella1000

forthbringc1000

givec1175

warpa1225

mootc1225

i-schirea1250

upbringa1250

outsay?c1250

spilec1275

talec1275

wisea1300

crackc1315

nevena1325

cast1330

rehearsec1330

roundc1330

spend1362

carpa1375

sermona1382

to speak outc1384

usea1387

minc1390

pronouncea1393

lancec1400

mellc1400

nurnc1400

slingc1400

tellc1400

wordc1400

yelpc1400

worka1425

utterc1444

outspeakc1449

yielda1450

arecchec1460

roose?a1475

cutc1525

to come forth with1532

bubble1536

prolate1542

report1548

prolocute1570

bespeak1579

wield1581

upbraid1587

up with (also mid) ——1594

name1595

upbrayc1600

discoursea1616

tonguea1616

to bring out1665

voice1665

emit1753

lip1789

to out with1802

pitch1811

go1836

to open one's head1843

vocabulize1861

shoot1915

verbal1920

be1982

c1390 in F. J. Furnivall Minor Poems Vernon MS (1901) ii. 505 (MED) Seþþe trewely trouwe þer-Inne, And fulliche out of ȝor mouþ hit mynne.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 23953 (MED) Of hir truli it es mi tale, Hir murning for to min.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 4613 (MED) Ne neuire na mercy ȝow emell as mynes me ȝour pistill.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 269 (MED) Me mynnys my master with mowth, told vnto his menyee That he shuld thole full mekill payn.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 37 Amonges þat menye, to myn hym be nome, Homer was holden haithill of dedis.

a1600 (c1515) Flodden Field (Harl. 367) l. 295 in I. F. Baird Poems Stanley Family (D.Phil. thesis, Univ. of Birm.) (1990) 263 The firste wurds that our Prynce did myn Said, ‘Welcome, dukes and earles, unto me!’

6. transitive. To commemorate. Also (occasionally) used intransitively.

ΚΠ

c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 72 (MED) Fore as mone as ȝe prayn fore..At masse myn ȝe may.

1444 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 106 To ye vicar of Mitton a pare of get bedds for to myn my saule.

c1475 (a1400) Awntyrs Arthure (Taylor) in J. Robson Three Early Eng. Metrical Romances (1842) 9 (MED) To mynne me with massus, grete mestur hit were.

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† minv.³

Forms: Middle English mynne.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: min adj.¹

Etymology: < min adj.¹

Obsolete.

transitive. To diminish, lessen.

ΚΠ

J. Gaytryge Lay Folks' Catech. (York Min.) (1901) 125 Withouten ony mynnyng of hir maidenhede.

a1450 R. Spaldyng Katereyn in Anglia (1907) 30 543 (MED) Þan made he þat mayden his mynde for to make, to medyl hire with mischef, hir myȝth for to mynne.

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minv.⁴

Brit.

/mɪn/, U.S.

/mɪn/, Caribbean English

/mɪn/

Forms: 1800s– min, 1900s– mi.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: English bin , been , be v.

Etymology: Alteration (by initial nasalization) of bin, variant of been, past participle of be v. (see Forms 8η. at that entry).Bin is used similarly in Caribbean English.

Caribbean (chiefly Belize, Jamaican, and Leeward Islands).

As an auxiliary verb forming the past tense of a main verb: had (been), was, did. Also, as past tense of the copula: was.

ΚΠ

1868 Trans. Royal Soc. Arts & Agric. 1 66 You frighten me; suppose you min kill me.

1907 W. Jekyll Jamaican Song & Story 270 Me no min a de concert.

1942 L. Bennett Jamaica Dial. Verses 42 Ef Sue noh min nyam har fry fish [etc.].

1980 Beacon (Belize) 1 Mar. 2 Many are now saying that ‘di Beacon mi right, dem mi tell we di ting lang time’.

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n.¹OE

n.²1559

n.³1847

n.⁴adj.²adv.1847

adj.¹c1330

adj.³n.⁵1902

v.¹OE

v.²c1175

v.³1357

v.⁴1868

单词	min
释义	† minn.¹ Forms: Old English–Middle English mine, Old English–Middle English myne, Middle English men, Middle English min, Middle English minne, Middle English mune, Middle English myn, Middle English mynne. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Old Saxon muni- (in munilīc lovable), Middle High German mun thought, intention, Old Icelandic munr mind, desire, love, Gothic muns purpose, intention < the Germanic base of i-mune v. Obsolete. a. Mind, purpose, intention; wish, desire. (Only in Old English.) ΚΠ OE Rhyming Poem 33 Mod mægnade, mine fægnade. OE Beowulf 2572 Scyld wel gebearg life ond lice læssan hwile..þonne his myne sohte. OE Seven Sleepers (Julius) (1994) 37 Ealle heora heafda wæron mid duste besyfte; wæs þeh eall heora myne fæst on tohopunge þæs ecan Drihtnes. b. Remembrance, memory; to make min of: to make mention of. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > [noun] > act of remembering, recollection minOE thoughtc1175 memorya1275 minninga1325 bethinking1340 record1340 recording1340 remembrancec1350 memoriala1382 rememberinga1382 minsing?a1400 rememorancea1438 mindingc1449 remembrancingc1449 rememorationc1449 resouvenancec1450 umbethinkingc1450 sovenance1477 memoration1562 reminiscence1589 recollecting1604 rememorating1606 recollection1633 evocation1646 recall1651 recordancy1654 anamnesis1656 membrance1827 reliving1919 the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > [noun] > mention i-mindOE minOE mindc1350 minninga1400 touchc1400 mention1559 reference1591 mensh1973 OE Seven Sleepers (Julius) (1994) 33 Þa ða hæðenan menn Cristendomes leoman mid ealle adwæscan woldon and ælcne myne ofer eorðan adylgian. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 5173 Yee ha sin þat yee mak of him ani min. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 8835 To haf o þat tre lastand min. a1450 (?a1390) J. Mirk Instr. Parish Priests (Claud.) (1974) 1853 On þy power þen haue þow mynne, Þat þou myȝt a-soyle of alle synne. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 291 (MED) Now, gramercy agayn! Mekill thank and myn and this shalbe ment. 1556–7 H. Machyn Jrnl. in B. Cusack Everyday Eng. 1500–1700 (1998) 167 The same day at after non was y^e ij yere myne of good master lewyn. Compounds min-day n. the anniversary of a person's death; a commemoration of this; cf. mind-day n. at mind n.¹ Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > commemorative ceremonies > [noun] > religious or mass > day of anniversary i-mind-dayeOE min-day?c1225 mind-dayc1390 minning day1426 minning date1556 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 21 Ȝef hit bið ani munedai of ouwer leoue front, seggeð alle niȝene. a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 9 Ine aniuersaries, þet is, ine munedawes, of ower leoue vreond. a1300 ( Indulgence of Bp. Lifing, Crediton, Devon in Britannica: M. Förster zum Sechzigsten Geburtstage (1929) 117 Mine daȝes were iȝeue and bi-ȝite of oþer bischopes. 1464 Will in Antiquary (1883) 8 243 I wyll that the pryoure and bretheryn..shall keepe and hold my yeerly Menday. 1532 in F. W. Weaver Wells Wills (1890) 84 A myndey cowe that I had of my mother. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2021). minn.² Brit. /mɪn/, U.S. /mɪn/ Forms: 1500s min:, 1500s– min., 1800s– min (without point). Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: minute n.¹ Etymology: Shortened < minute n.¹, in sense 1 from sense 5 of that word (as a graphic abbreviation), in sense 2 from sense 6a of that word (originally as a graphic abbreviation). 1. = minute n.¹ 5 (frequently representing the plural).The form min. in quot. 1929 is not abbreviated in this way in the notes to earlier editions of Freneau's poem. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > angle > [noun] > degree > minute minutec1550 min1559 scruple1610 1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 108 Then I find by that obseruation, the Mone to differ from regulus, j. degree .43. min. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. iv. viii. 218 The half of the deg. and min. thus numbred together, will be the Elevation of the Pole. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. at Vindemiatrix A Fixed Star of the third Magnitude, in the Constellation Virgo, whose Longitude is 185 degr. 23 min. Latitude 16 degr. 15 min. 1872 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 1 186 Mr. Hamilton was sojourning in the vicinity of Dondo, situated upon the right bank of the Quanza river, in 9 deg. 40 min. south latitude and 14 deg. 52 min. east longitude. 1929 H. H. Clark in P. M. Freneau Poems 346 (note) Lat. 32 deg. 20 min. N.—Long. 63.40 W.—and about 780 miles East of the coast of South Carolina. 2. Chiefly colloquial except as a written abbreviation: = minute n.¹ 6a (frequently representing the plural). ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > minute > [noun] minutea1393 mint-whilec1400 minute tide1492 min1588 scruple of an hour1603 M1670 1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. sig. Gviij Ye cowrse of ye sone, quhilk sence hes bene obserueit to be accompleseit in 365 dayes 5 houris 10 min: and 16 Secondis. 1740 B. Franklin Poor Richard's Almanac 1214 I do hereby certify, that I did actually die at that time, precisely at the Hour you mention'd, with a Variation only of 5 min. 53 sec. 1860 E. B. Denison Clocks, Watches & Bells (ed. 4) 171 This may be..made to indicate half quarters..at about 50 min. past the hour..the clock would strike 3 ding dongs and one bell more. 1892 Field 14 May 735/3 He..‘clocked’ 2 min 2 sec all the way. 1920 Whitaker's Electr. Engineer's Pocket-bk. (ed. 4) 646 On light work, about 3 ft. of seam weld can be made per min. 1959 P. Bull I know Face i. 18 Miss Pereira..told me to meet her in the ABC up the street in ten mins. 1974 D. Norden in F. Muir & D. Norden Upon my Word! 7 Give me just five mins. 1993 Brit. Jrnl. Surg. 80 240/1 The pancreas was warmed for 2 min in minimum essential medium. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † minn.³ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: minnie n.¹ Etymology: Shortened < minnie n.¹ Scottish. Obsolete. Mother. ΚΠ 1847 Johnnie Faa in F. Sheldon Minstrelsy Eng. Border 331 I'm Johnny Faa o' Yetholm town, There dwall my min and daddie O. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2019). minn.⁴adj.²adv. Brit. /mɪn/, U.S. /mɪn/ Forms: 1800s– min., 1900s– min (without point). Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: minimum n. Etymology: Shortened < minimum n. (originally as graphic abbreviation). = minimum n. and adj. Also as adv.: at the minimum. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > least quantity or amount > least amount attainable, usual, etc. minimuma1698 min1847 quota1956 1847 Commerc. Rev. South & West Oct. 246 Farry gives the annual range of the thermometer at Fort King, as follows: max. 105°, min. 27°, range 78°. 1851 C. Cist Sketches & Statistics Cincinnati 42 Table X... Mean height Inches. Min. height Inches. Max. height inches. 1886 Dict. Abbrevs. 66 Min., minimum (Latin), lowest. 1914 Dial. Notes 4 ii. 143 These max and min problems are the limit. 1943 P. Larkin Let. 16 Sept. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 70 Salary £260 (The Admiralty had been £300 plus bonus)..min. 1991 Computing 10 Jan. 52/2 (advt.) 2 yrs min exp of COBOL/CICS/MVS..advantageous. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † minadj.¹ Forms: Middle English minne, Middle English myne, Middle English mynn, Middle English–1500s min, Middle English–1500s myn, Middle English–1500s mynne; Scottish pre-1700 min, pre-1700 myn, pre-1700 myne. Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymology: < early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic minni , Old Swedish minne , Swedish mindre , Old Danish minne , Danish mindre ) < a Germanic comparative form (without corresponding positive form) meaning ‘less, smaller’ ( > Old Frisian minnera , minra (West Frisian minder ), Middle Dutch minre , minder (Dutch minder ), Old Saxon minnero , Old High German minniro (Middle High German minre , minner , German minder ), Gothic minniza ): see further discussion s.v. minor adj.Suggested examples of this word in Old English are better interpreted as instances of minne wicked, harmful, probably cognate with mān man adj. Obsolete. Less; smaller; lower. (Always in collocation with more: see more and min at more n.³ 1.)The phrases in which it is used may be adjective, adverb, or noun phrases. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > less lessOE minc1330 c1330 Sir Degare (Auch.) 616 in W. H. French & C. B. Hale Middle Eng. Metrical Romances (1930) 306 (MED) Mani a man..knowes noþing of hire kin, Ne sche of his, neiþer more ne min. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) 19249 (MED) Þre houris aftir, more ny myn, His wif..coom In. a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) ix. 5 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 139 (MED) Þou snibbid genge mare and minne. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 1881 (MED) He schrof hym..& schewed his mysdedez, Of þe more & þe mynne. ?a1425 (?c1350) Northern Passion (Rawl.) 1371 (MED) Þai spak of maters more and myn. ?a1425 Gast of Guy (Rawl. Poet. 175) (1898) l. 3 Saint Michæl..And saint Austyn..And other maisters mare & myn. a1450 York Plays (1885) 46 My ffadir knewe both more and mynne;..That al þis worlde shuld synke for synne. 1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 345 (MED) His confessyon of treason, more and mynne, Of ix poyntes fayned, he then proclaymed. ?1595 J. Anderson Winter Night (1713) 19 Christ bade all people more and min. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2021). Minadj.³n.⁵ Brit. /mɪn/, U.S. /mɪn/ Origin: A borrowing from Chinese. Etymon: Chinese Mǐn. Etymology: < Chinese Mǐn. A. adj.³ Of or relating to the district of Min in Fujian province in south-eastern China or to the group of Chinese dialects spoken there. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Far East > [adjective] > China > parts of China Manchurian1706 Manchu1736 Cantonese1857 Min1902 Szechuanese1918 Khotanese1948 the mind > language > languages of the world > Sino-Tibetan > [adjective] > of Chinese > of dialects of Hokkien1832 Amoy1844 Cantonese1857 Hakka1881 Wu1908 Szechuanese1918 wenyan1936 Hunanese1937 Gan1943 Min1959 Yi1960 Teochew1970 yüeh1978 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 27/1 The Min forts at the entrance of the Foochow river. 1910 Encycl. Brit. VI. 202/1 The French fleet attacked and destroyed..the forts which were built to guard the entrance to the Min river. 1941 Harvard Jrnl. Asiatic Stud. 5 224 The chief reasons for regarding the first element as ē are that Go-on and Wenchow have e for the final and that the Min dialects often have ui. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. III. 488/2 The Min dialects of Fukien, with well-marked varieties in Foochow and Amoy. 1975 Language 51 258 Cháozhoū, a Mǐn dialect spoken on the southeast coast of mainland China. 1990 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 35 341 This three-way contrast of stop endings in the entering tone is still found in..the literary layer of Southern Min dialects such as Xiamen (Amoy), as well as in Northern Min dialects such as Longdu. 1998 Guardian 14 Sept. i. 15/6 He could get by in Shanghainese, and worked on Min dialects. B. n.⁵ The Min group of Chinese dialects; (also) any of these. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Sino-Tibetan > [noun] > Chinese > dialects of Pekingese1849 Hakka1864 Amoy1880 Cantonese1883 Yunnanese1927 Tonkinese1934 Gan1943 Szechuanese1947 Hunanese1948 Min1948 Yüeh1954 Teochew1962 Shanghainese1964 Sze Yap1964 Wu1964 1948 R. A. D. Forrest Chinese Lang. xi. 232 Hainanese has a basis in common Min, and seems to build its peculiar features on the traits of Amoy and Swatow where these diverge from the rest of the group. 1964 M. A. K. Halliday et al. in J. A. Fishman Readings Sociol. of Lang. (1968) 146 There are six major dialects in modern China: Mandarin, Cantonese, Wu, North Min, South Min and Hakka. 1977 K. Katzner Langs. of World (U.K. ed.) ii. 209 The other major dialects are..Fukienese, or Min, spoken by about 45 million people. 1987 Harvard Jrnl. Asiatic Stud. 47 644 (note) Pulleyblank errs when he says that these [retroflex initials] have merged with the retroflex affricates ‘in all dialects except colloquial Min’; they appear as dental stops in both colloquial and literary Min. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † minv.¹ Forms: Old English mynnan, late Old English menian, Middle English myn. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: min n.¹ Etymology: < min n.¹ Compare ming v.²Compare also Old English yfelmynnan to contrive or construe with evil intent, put a bad construction on. Obsolete. 1. transitive. With infinitive: to purpose, intend, or have a mind to do something. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > intend [verb (intransitive)] minOE howOE intenta1300 meana1375 intend1390 purposea1400 aimc1450 collime1677 design1749 OE Andreas (1932) 294 We ðe estlice mid us willað ferigan freolice..efne to þam lande þær þe lust myneð to gesecanne. OE Guthlac B 1088 Þær min hyht myneð to gesecenne. 2. intransitive. To direct one's course, go. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (intransitive)] thinkeOE bowa1000 seta1000 scritheOE minlOE turnc1175 to wend one's wayc1225 ettlec1275 hieldc1275 standc1300 to take (the) gatec1330 bear?c1335 applyc1384 aim?a1400 bend1399 hita1400 straighta1400 bounc1400 intendc1425 purposec1425 appliquec1440 stevenc1440 shape1480 make1488 steera1500 course1555 to make out1558 to make in1575 to make for ——a1593 to make forth1594 plyc1595 trend1618 tour1768 to lie up1779 head1817 loop1898 lOE King Ælfred tr. St. Augustine Soliloquies (Vitell.) (1922) Pref. 1 Ic lære ælcne ðara þe maga si and manigne wæn hæbbe, þæt he menige to þam ilcan wuda þar ic ðas stuðansceaftas cearf. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 4787 (MED) Vp at a maȝtene mountane he myns with his ost. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † minv.² Forms: Middle English min, Middle English mine, Middle English minn, Middle English minne, Middle English miyn, Middle English myne, Middle English mynn, Middle English–1500s myn, Middle English–1500s mynne. Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymology: < an early Scandinavian weak verb (compare Old Icelandic minna to remind (also with impersonal use corresponding to sense 1), Old Swedish, Swedish minna , Old Danish, Danish minde ) derived from a noun (compare Old Icelandic minni memory) < a different ablaut grade of the Germanic base of i-mind n. (see the discussion at that entry for further details and parallel formations in other Germanic languages).Quot. a1200 at sense 2 may belong to ming v.²; quot. a 1225 given at sense 4 in N.E.D. s.v. and quot. ?c 1325 given at sense 5 in N.E.D. s.v. are probably better understood, on phonological grounds, as examples of mone v.; it is however not always possible to determine unambiguously which of these three words any particular form actually represents. Compare also the note s.v. mean v.¹ Obsolete. 1. impersonal. In me mins: I recollect, I remember, I think. With of, on. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > remember [verb (impersonal)] me minsc1175 me meanetha1400 (it) remembers mea1450 remember1608 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1817 Me mineþþ þatt icc seȝȝde ȝuw..Þatt godess enngell gabriæl Wass sennd till zakariȝe. c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) 185 (MED) Of a wilde bor I wene, me mineþ boute for, Al of þe feure! c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 1625 For in þe marche of Messedone me mynes on a tyme Þat [etc.]. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 345 Cryst saide his self, mynnes me, That [etc.]. 2. transitive. To remind or exhort (a person); to urge. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > remind [verb (transitive)] mingOE mina1200 bethink1340 recorda1382 reducec1425 rememberc1425 rememorate1460 mind1524 revive?1564 remembrance1593 recall1595 prompt1600 remind1621 enmind1645 immind1647 refricate1657 commonish1661 flap1790 to touch up1796 the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > commemoration, remembrance > commemorate [verb (transitive)] mingOE mina1200 remenec1400 remember?a1439 memorize1593 commemorize1628 commemoratea1638 embalma1674 monument1756 memorialize1798 anniversary1841 monumentalize1857 mark1871 obituarize1877 jubilee1887 a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 139 (MED) He minede alle men to forleten here sinnes. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 982 (MED) Þe lorde luflych aloft lepez ful ofte, Mynned merthe to be made vpon mony syþez. a1500 (?a1400) Morte Arthur (1903) 169 Syr, of one thinge I wolle you mynne. 3. transitive. To remember, to have or bear in mind; to call to mind or remembrance, recollect. Also with clause as object.In quot. c1330: to take note (of something). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > call to mind, recollect [verb (transitive)] i-thenchec897 bethinkOE mingOE thinkOE monelOE umbethinkc1175 to draw (also take) into (or to) memorya1275 minc1330 record1340 revert1340 remembera1382 mindc1384 monishc1384 to bring to mindc1390 remenec1390 me meanetha1400 reducec1425 to call to mind1427 gaincall1434 pense1493 remord?1507 revocate1527 revive1531 cite1549 to call back1572 recall1579 to call to mind (also memory, remembrance)1583 to call to remembrance1583 revoke1586 reverse1590 submonish1591 recover1602 recordate1603 to call up1606 to fetch up1608 reconjure1611 collect1612 remind1615 recollect1631 rememorize1632 retrieve1644 think1671 reconnoitre1729 member1823 reminisce1829 rememorate1835 recomember1852 evoke1856 updraw1879 withcall1901 access1978 c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 563 (MED) Bliþe weren þai alle, And merkes gun þai minne. a1350 in K. Böddeker Altengl. Dichtungen (1878) 200 Iesu..Wiþ þine suete eȝen loke towart me, Ant myldeliche myne..al þat þou se. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. B.15.17) (1869) B. xv. 454 Mynnen [c1400 Laud Ȝe nymmen wel how matheu seith, how a man made a feste]. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 995 On þe morne, as vch mon mynez þat tyme. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 1094 (MED) So sall þi name fra now furth be mynned in mynde. c1450 W. Lichefeld Complaint of God (Lamb. 853) 453 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 219 My merci, if þou it mynned, Y haue schewid it þee on many wise. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 342 (MED) Myn ye noght that I you told? c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 1434 [Happye] is þe here In no hate lengis..Ne mynnes no malis þat is of mynd past. 4. a. intransitive. To consider, reflect, ponder. ΚΠ a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 39 (MED) Betre is make forewardes faste þen afterward to mene ant mynne. a1450 York Plays (1885) 79 (MED) We may mourne and myne; Þer is no man vs myrþes mase. b. intransitive. With of, on, upon. To remember, bear in mind, recollect; to think (of something or someone). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > have in one's mind, remember [verb (intransitive)] monelOE to have memory (of)a1275 recorda1382 remembera1393 mina1400 meana1425 to have‥in urec1450 to be remembereda1500 minda1500 retain1581 rememorate1606 reminisce1896 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 112 A lastand warc apon to myn [a1400 Gött. minne]. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 8252 (MED) O cercles þat he tok a-wai Offrand he made at min on ai. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) 21873 Hongres & deeþ vpon to mynne. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl 583 (MED) Fyrst of my hyre my Lorde con mynne. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) viii. 5 What is man that thou ert mynand of him? a1500 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1891) 86 389 (MED) On straunge & nedy men þou mynne, And herbere þam þi house with-jnne. 5. transitive. To say, tell, mention, record, relate. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] speakc825 queatheOE forthdoc900 i-seggenc900 sayeOE speak971 meleOE quidOE spella1000 forthbringc1000 givec1175 warpa1225 mootc1225 i-schirea1250 upbringa1250 outsay?c1250 spilec1275 talec1275 wisea1300 crackc1315 nevena1325 cast1330 rehearsec1330 roundc1330 spend1362 carpa1375 sermona1382 to speak outc1384 usea1387 minc1390 pronouncea1393 lancec1400 mellc1400 nurnc1400 slingc1400 tellc1400 wordc1400 yelpc1400 worka1425 utterc1444 outspeakc1449 yielda1450 arecchec1460 roose?a1475 cutc1525 to come forth with1532 bubble1536 prolate1542 report1548 prolocute1570 bespeak1579 wield1581 upbraid1587 up with (also mid) ——1594 name1595 upbrayc1600 discoursea1616 tonguea1616 to bring out1665 voice1665 emit1753 lip1789 to out with1802 pitch1811 go1836 to open one's head1843 vocabulize1861 shoot1915 verbal1920 be1982 c1390 in F. J. Furnivall Minor Poems Vernon MS (1901) ii. 505 (MED) Seþþe trewely trouwe þer-Inne, And fulliche out of ȝor mouþ hit mynne. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 23953 (MED) Of hir truli it es mi tale, Hir murning for to min. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 4613 (MED) Ne neuire na mercy ȝow emell as mynes me ȝour pistill. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 269 (MED) Me mynnys my master with mowth, told vnto his menyee That he shuld thole full mekill payn. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 37 Amonges þat menye, to myn hym be nome, Homer was holden haithill of dedis. a1600 (c1515) Flodden Field (Harl. 367) l. 295 in I. F. Baird Poems Stanley Family (D.Phil. thesis, Univ. of Birm.) (1990) 263 The firste wurds that our Prynce did myn Said, ‘Welcome, dukes and earles, unto me!’ 6. transitive. To commemorate. Also (occasionally) used intransitively. ΚΠ c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 72 (MED) Fore as mone as ȝe prayn fore..At masse myn ȝe may. 1444 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 106 To ye vicar of Mitton a pare of get bedds for to myn my saule. c1475 (a1400) Awntyrs Arthure (Taylor) in J. Robson Three Early Eng. Metrical Romances (1842) 9 (MED) To mynne me with massus, grete mestur hit were. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † minv.³ Forms: Middle English mynne. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: min adj.¹ Etymology: < min adj.¹ Obsolete. transitive. To diminish, lessen. ΚΠ J. Gaytryge Lay Folks' Catech. (York Min.) (1901) 125 Withouten ony mynnyng of hir maidenhede. a1450 R. Spaldyng Katereyn in Anglia (1907) 30 543 (MED) Þan made he þat mayden his mynde for to make, to medyl hire with mischef, hir myȝth for to mynne. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2021). minv.⁴ Brit. /mɪn/, U.S. /mɪn/, Caribbean English /mɪn/ Forms: 1800s– min, 1900s– mi. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: English bin , been , be v. Etymology: Alteration (by initial nasalization) of bin, variant of been, past participle of be v. (see Forms 8η. at that entry).Bin is used similarly in Caribbean English. Caribbean (chiefly Belize, Jamaican, and Leeward Islands). As an auxiliary verb forming the past tense of a main verb: had (been), was, did. Also, as past tense of the copula: was. ΚΠ 1868 Trans. Royal Soc. Arts & Agric. 1 66 You frighten me; suppose you min kill me. 1907 W. Jekyll Jamaican Song & Story 270 Me no min a de concert. 1942 L. Bennett Jamaica Dial. Verses 42 Ef Sue noh min nyam har fry fish [etc.]. 1980 Beacon (Belize) 1 Mar. 2 Many are now saying that ‘di Beacon mi right, dem mi tell we di ting lang time’. 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