myne

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

• Meyn, Nemy, nyem

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch (de/het) mijne.

Pronunciation

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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

Pronoun

myne (subjective I)

1. Alternative form of min

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmy.ne/

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

• English: min

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

• Middle English: menowe, menawe, menew, meney, menow, menwu
  • English: minnow (minny, minnie)
  • Scots: mennon, minnon
  • → Anglo-Norman: *menoun

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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 (1867), 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, page 66