mayne
See also: Mayne
English
Noun
mayne (plural maynes)
- Obsolete form of main.
Adjective
mayne (not comparable)
- 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
Etymology 1
Noun
mayne
- alternative form of mayn
Adjective
mayne
- alternative form of mayn
Etymology 2
Noun
mayne
- alternative form of meyne
Etymology 3
Noun
mayne
- alternative form of maym
Etymology 4
Verb
mayne
- alternative form of maymen
Etymology 5
Verb
mayne
- alternative form of menen (“to guide”)