▪ I. † min, n.1 Obs.
Forms: 1, 4 myne, mine, 3 mune-, 3–4 min, 4 minne, 4–5 myn(ne.
[OE. myne masc., = OS. muni- (in munilîc lovable), ON. mun-r mind, desire, love, Goth. mun-s:—OTeut. *muni-z, f. wk.-grade of the Indogermanic root *men- (: *mon-: mn-): see mind n.]
1. a. Mind, purpose, intention (OE. only). b. Remembrance, memory, mention. to make min of: to mention.
| Beowulf 2572 Læssan hwile..þonne his myne sohte. a 1300 Cursor M. 5174 Yee ha sin þat yee mak of him ani min. Ibid. 8835 To haf o þat tre lastand min. a 1450 Myrc 1852 On þy power þen haue þow mynne, Þat þou myȝt a-soyle of alle synne. c 1460 Towneley Myst. xxiv. 361 Now, gramercy agayn! Mekill thank and myn and this shalbe ment. |
2. Comb.: min-day = mind-day; also attrib.
| a 1225 Ancr. R. 22 Ine anniuersaries, þet is ine mune⁓dawes of ower leoue vreond. 1532 in Weaver Wells Wills (1890) 84 A myndey cowe that I had of my mother. |
▪ II. † min, n.2 Sc. Obs.
Shortened form of minnie n., mother.
| 1{ddd} Johnnie Faa in Child Ballads IV. 284 (Cent.) I'm Johnny Faa o' Yetholm town, There dwall my min and daddie O. |
▪ III. min, n.3
(mɪn)
Shortened form of minute n.1
| 1890 in Cent. Dict. 1892 Field 14 May 735/3 He..‘clocked’ 2 min 2 sec all the way. 1959 P. Bull I know Face i. 18 Miss Pereira..told me to meet her in the ABC up the street in ten mins. |
▪ IV. min, n.4
see min a.2
▪ V. † min, a.1 Obs.
Also 3 minne, 4–5 myn(n)e, 4–6 myn.
[a. ON. minne (:—*minra) = OFris. minnera, minra, OS. minnero (MDu. minre, minder, Du. minder), OHG. minniro (MHG. minre, minner, mod.G. minder), Goth. minniza:—OTeut. *minnizon-, *minwizon-, cogn. w. Gr. µινύθειν to make or grow smaller, L. minuĕre to diminish. L. minor less.
The alleged OE. min does not exist; the word in the supposed examples is minne with the sense ‘wicked, harmful’, prob. cognate with mán man a. and n.2]
Less. Always coupled with more.
| a 1300 E.E. Psalter ix. 5 Þou snibbid genge mare and minne, Forworthed wiked for his sinne. 13.. Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1881 Þere he schrof hym schyrly, & schewed his mysdedez, Of þe more & þe mynne, & merci besechez. c 1400 Rule St. Benet 175 Who so makes myrth mor or min, In god behoues his ioy begin. c 1440 York Myst. ix. 34 My Fadir knewe both more and mynne,..That al þis worlde shuld synke for synne. 1571 H. Charteris Lyndesay's Wks. Adhort. a vj b, Idolateris..Reid heir ȝour lyfe at large, baith mair and min. |
▪ VI. † min, v.1 Obs.
Forms: 1 (*mynian, *mynnan), 3rd sing. pres. myneþ, subj. meneᵹe; 4–5 myn(n.
[OE. *mynian, f. myne min n.1]
intr. To intend, purpose; to direct one's course, go.
| a 1000 Guthlac 1061 Þær min hyht myneð to gesecenne. a 1000 in Cockayne Shrine 163 Ic lære ælcne ðara þe maᵹa si & maniᵹne wæn hæbbe þæt he meniᵹe to þam ilcan wuda. 13.. Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 982 Þe lorde..Mynned merthe to be made vpon mony syþez. a 1400–50 Alexander 4787 Vp at a maȝte mountane he myns with his ost. |
▪ VII. † min, v.2 Obs.
Forms: 2–4 mine, 3–4 munne, min(ne, 4–5 myn(e, mynne.
[a. ON. minna (:—OTeut. type *minjan, *menjan, f. root *men-: see mind n. The first quot. may belong to OE. mynegian: see ming v.]
1. trans. To remind.
| c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 139 And he minede alle men to forleten here sinnes, and beten. a 1400–50 Alexander 4613 Ne neuire na mercy ȝow emell as mynes me ȝ our pistill. a 1450 Le Morte Arth. 169 Syr, of one thinge I wolle you mynne. |
2. impers. me mins = I recollect, I remember, I think. Const. of, on.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 5274 Ne minnes yow noght, now mani dai, Of a drem, lang siþen gan? 13.. Sir Beues (A.) 185 ‘Ȝe’, ȝhe seide, ‘of a wilde bor I wene, me mineþ boute for, Al of þe feure!’ a 1400–50 Alexander 1625 For in þe marche of Messedone me mynes [MS. Dublin me menys] on a tyme, Þat [etc.]. c 1460 Towneley Myst. xxviii. 200 Cryst saide his self, mynnes me, That [etc.]. |
3. trans. To remember, to have or bear in mind; to call to mind or remembrance, recollect.
| 13.. Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 995 On þe morne, as vch mon mynez þat tyme. c 1400 Destr. Troy 1434 Happye is þe here In no hate lengis,..Ne mynnes no malis þat is of mynd past. a 1400–50 Alexander 1094 As ȝone ȝondire hiȝe hill sall ay hald his place, So sall þi name fra now furth be mynned in mynde. 14.. in Polit. Relig. & Love Poems (1903) 219 My merci, if þou it mynned, Y haue schewed it þee on many wise. |
b. intr. and refl. Also, to think (of something or some one). Const. of, on, upon.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 112 A lastand warc apon to myn. Ibid. 8252 Of cercles þat he toke a-wai Offrand he made at min on ai. a 1340 Hampole Psalter viii. 5 What is man þat þou ert mynand of him? 13.. E.E. Allit. P. A. 583 Fyrst of my hyre my lorde con mynne. 1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. xv. 454 Ȝe mynnen wel how Mathew seith how a man made a feste. a 1425 Cursor M. 21873 (Trin.) Hongres & deeþ vpon to mynne. c 1460 Towneley Myst. xxviii. 136 Myn ye noght that I you told..That my body shuld be sold. |
4. trans. To commemorate.
| a 1225 St. Marher. 2 Þe eadi meiden þat we munnið to dei. |
5. trans. To say, tell, mention, record, relate.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 23953 Of hir truli it es mi tale, Hir murning for to min. ? c 1325 Old Age iv. in E.E.P. (1862) 149 Iset ic am wiþ sunne þat i ne mai noȝt munne. a 1375 Lay Folks Mass Bk. App. iv. 456 Seþþe trewely trouwe þer-Inne, And fulliche out of ȝor mouþ hit mynne, Þer-to liht muche mede. c 1400 Destr. Troy Prol. 37 Amonges þat menye,—to myn hym be nome,—Homer was holden haithill of dedis. a 1600 Flodden Field lxxii. in Child Ballads III. 358 The first word that our prince did myn, ‘Welcome, dukes and erles, to mee!’ |
▪ VIII. min
obs. form of mine.