▪ I. † men, indef. pron. Obs.
See also me indef. pron.
[Weakened form of man indef. pron.; cf. Du. men.]
= one 21.
| c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 33 Þis beot þa twa sunne þe men fulieð alra swiðest. a 1225 Leg. Kath. (Abbotsf.) 1372 As men [v.r. me] droh ham to hare deað. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 1293 And morie, men seið, was ðat hil. c 1385 Chaucer L.G.W. Prol. 205, I bad men sholde me my covche make. 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. ii. vii. (1495) 33 Of the other two Ierarchyes men shall speke innermore in theyr owne place. 1483 Caxton 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.