*mainą

Runic: ᛗᚨᛁᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈmɑi̯.nɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

From the same ultimate source as *mainijaną (‘to think, mean’), evolved from an earlier sense of "false oath."

mān (Old English)
- man, mon, manað, mon-oð, mansweren (Middle English)
  - manswear (English)
  - mansweir (Scots)
mānāþ (Old English)
- man, mon, manað, mon-oð, mansweren (Middle English)
  - manswear (English)
  - mansweir (Scots)
mānswerian (Old English)
- man, mon, manað, mon-oð, mansweren (Middle English)
  - manswear (English)
  - mansweir (Scots)
mēn (Old Frisian)
- Meeneed (Saterland Frisian)
- meineed (West Frisian)
*mēnēth (Old Frisian)
- Meeneed (Saterland Frisian)
- meineed (West Frisian)
mēn (Old Saxon)
- mênêde, meinnêt (Middle Low German)
  - Meeneed (German Low German)
mēnēth (Old Saxon)
- mênêde, meinnêt (Middle Low German)
  - Meeneed (German Low German)
*mēn (Old Dutch)
- mên, mein, meynede, meeneet (Middle Dutch)
  - meineed (Dutch)
*mein (Old Dutch)
- mên, mein, meynede, meeneet (Middle Dutch)
  - meineed (Dutch)
*mēnēth (Old Dutch)
- mên, mein, meynede, meeneet (Middle Dutch)
  - meineed (Dutch)
mein (Old High German)
- mein, meineit (Middle High German)
  - Meineid (German)
meineid (Old High German)
- mein, meineit (Middle High German)
  - Meineid (German)
mein (Old Norse)
- mein (Faroese)
- mein (Icelandic)
mein (Old Norse)
- men (Danish)
  - men (Norwegian Bokmål)
mein (Old Norse)
- mein (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  - mein (Norwegian Bokmål)
mein (Old Norse)
- mēn (Old Swedish)
  - men (Swedish)
*mājnē (Proto-Samic)