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Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old Norse mennskr (“human”), from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz (“human”). Cognate with Old English mennisċ (“human”); more at mennish.
Pronunciation
Adjective
mensk
- (rare) honorable, praiseworthy; beautiful
c. 1335-1361, William of Palerne (MS. King's College 13), folio 62, recto, lines 3900-3901; republished as W. W. Skeat, editor, The Romance of William of Palerne, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1867, →OCLC, page 126:⁊ more menſk it is · manliche to deie / þan for to fle couwarli for ouȝt þat mai falle- More honorable it is / manly to die / than to flee cowardly for aught that may fall .
Descendants
References
Etymology 2
Noun
mensk
- Alternative form of menske
Etymology 3
Verb
mensk
- Alternative form of mensken
c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section III:Ȝit I may as I myȝte · menske þe with ȝiftes / And mayntene þi manhode · more þan þow knoweste.- Yet I may, as I might, honour thee with gifts and maintain thy manhood more than thou knowest.
c. 1425, Northern Homily Cycle:It sall ger hir be ful fain / To mensk oure goddes with al hir main.- Her harvest shall be very pleasing / To honour our goddess with all her power.
North Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian menniska, from Proto-West Germanic *mannisk, from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz.
Noun
mensk m (plural mensken)
- (Föhr-Amrum) human being, person