myne

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English

Pronoun

myne

  1. Obsolete spelling of mine
    • 1570, Margaret Ascham, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster, foreword:
      ...leauyng with me then hys poore widow and a great sort of orphanes a good comfort in the hope of your good continuance, which I haue truly found to me and myne, and therfore do duely and dayly pray for you and yours...

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch (de/het) mijne.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈməinə/
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Pronoun

myne

  1. mine (that or those of me)
    Daardie is jou hemp en hierdie is myne.
    That is your shirt and this one is mine.

Middle English

Determiner

myne (subjective pronoun I)

  1. Alternative form of min
    • 1380-1390, Geoffrey Chaucer, "Prologue to the Reves Tale", Canterbury Tales
      Myn herte is also mowled as myne heris
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Pronoun

myne (subjective I)

  1. Alternative form of min

Old English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *muni, from Proto-Germanic *muniz (“thought, feeling, emotion, desire”). Cognate with Old Norse munr, Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐍃 (muns).

Noun

myne m

  1. mind; memory, remembrance
  2. feeling, affection, love, favor
  3. purpose, desire, wish
  4. memorial
Declension
Declension of myne (strong i-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative myne mynas
accusative myne mynas
genitive mynes myna
dative myne mynum
Derived terms
  • Middle English: mine, mune, mynne

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *muniwu (“minnow”).

Noun

myne f

  1. minnow
Declension
Declension of myne (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative myne mynwa, mynwe
accusative mynwe mynwa, mynwe
genitive mynwe mynwa
dative mynwe mynwum
Descendants

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Adjective

myne

  1. Alternative form of mhyne
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Myne saaughe.
      Very comfortable.

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 66
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