mayne

See also: Mayne

English

Noun

mayne (plural maynes)

1. Obsolete form of main.

Adjective

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

Etymology 1

Noun

mayne

1. Alternative form of mayn

Adjective

mayne

1. Alternative form of mayn

Etymology 2

Noun

mayne

1. Alternative form of meyne

Etymology 3

Noun

mayne

1. Alternative form of maym

Etymology 4

Verb

mayne

1. Alternative form of maymen

Etymology 5

Verb

mayne

1. Alternative form of menen (“to guide”)