mayen

See also: Mayen

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *māien, from Proto-West Germanic *māan.

Verb

mâyen

1. to mow, to cut

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: maaien
• Limburgish: mèjje

Further reading

• “mayen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “maeyen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page maeyen

Middle English

Verb

mayen

1. Alternative form of mowen (“to be able to”)

Spanish

Verb

mayen

1. inflection of mayar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative