mayne

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English

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Noun

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mayne (plural maynes)

  1. Obsolete form of main.

Adjective

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mayne (not comparable)

  1. Obsolete form of main.
    • 1622, John Downame, “Of ſuch Reaſons as may mooue vs to abhor carnall ſecuritie, and to vſe all meanes either to preuent it, or to be freed from it” (chapter VIII), in A Guide to Godlynesse: or, A Treatise of A Christian Life, page 50:
      For firſt, this is the mayne ſcope of the Parable of the wiſe and fooliſh Virgins, []

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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mayne

  1. Alternative form of mayn

Adjective

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mayne

  1. Alternative form of mayn

Etymology 2

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Noun

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mayne

  1. Alternative form of meyne

Etymology 3

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Noun

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mayne

  1. Alternative form of maym

Etymology 4

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Verb

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mayne

  1. Alternative form of maymen

Etymology 5

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Verb

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mayne

  1. Alternative form of menen (to guide)