mayn

Inherited from Old English mæġen, from Proto-West Germanic *magin, from Proto-Germanic *maginą; compare Proto-Germanic *maganą (Middle English mowen).

• mæȝan, mægen, mæine, mæȝen, mæin, mæigne, meȝen (Early Middle English)
• main, maine, mayne, mein, meyn, meyne

• (Early Middle English) IPA^(key): /ˈmajən/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmæi̯n/
• Rhymes: -æi̯n

mayn (plural maines)

1. Strongness or physical capability.
2. Governmental influence and legitimacy; political capability.
3. Military ability; power in combat or war.
4. Mental capability; mindpower or willpower.
5. Effectiveness, power, usefulness, or suitability.
6. Divine or magical potency or effect.
7. (rare) Pressure; physical leverage.

• maynful
• mayne londe
• maynly

• English: main
• Scots: mayne, mayn, main, mane

• “main, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 August 2018.

From Old English mæġen and Old Norse megn, megenn (“strong, main”).

mayn

1. Extraordinarily large; gigantic or humongous.
2. (rare) Effective, strong, mighty.
3. (rare) Strange or uncommon; exceptional.
4. (rare) Main; primary, important.

• English: main
• Scots: main, mane
• Yola: mhyne (adv)

• “main, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 August 2018.

mayn

1. alternative form of mane

mayn

1. alternative form of maym

mayn

1. alternative form of maymen

mayn (definite accusative maynı, plural maynlar)

1. alternative form of mayın (“mine”)