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Middle English
Etymology
From mayn + -ful.
Pronunciation
Adjective
maynful
- Potent, effective, tough; having much power.
c. 1200, Þe Liflade ant te Passiun of Seinte Margarete:Ah leve ȝe, Ich reade oƿ, o þe liviende Godd, mihti ant meinful ant euch godes ful, þe hereð þeo þe Him cleopieð to, ant heovene-ȝetes openeð!- But believe, you, I advise you, in the living God, mighty and powerful and full of all good, who hears all who call to him, and the gates of heaven will open!
- (rare) Shining, light; having much brightness.
c. 1375, the "Pearl Poet", Perle, lines 1093–1094:Ryȝt as þe maynful mone con rys / Er þenne þe day-glem dryue al doun- Right as the shining moon is rising / Just as the day's gleam drives all down
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