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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Mon, v. Also: mone, monn, mun, moun. [ME. mun (13th c.), mon(e, p.t. mund(e (Orm munnde), mond(e, ON. mun, mon, 1 and 3 sing. pres. t. of munu auxil. vb. = shall, will.]

Auxiliary verb, pres. tense only, followed by infin. without to: Must. = Man v.¹ in various senses.(1) 1375 Barb. iii. 324.
I mon soiourne, … Levys me tharfor Ib. xix. 644.
Sic as we haf heir mon we et Ib. ix. 31, xix. 174. a1400 Leg. S. v. 438, vii. 171, xxxiii. 179. 1390 Coldingham Priory 67.
He mon outher mak obedyence ore ells for ga the priory of Coldyncham 1416 Red Bk. Menteith I. 285. c1420 Wynt. i. Prol. 61.
He mon [v.rr. man, mone] of nede be partenere Off qwhat kyne blame, that I sulde bere Ib. ix. Prol. 45. ?1438 Alex. ii. 9570. c1420 Bute MS. fol. 174. 1451 Acts II. 40/2. 1453 14th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. iii. 9.
Gyf ony of thaim happins to be off the cuntre or … mone nedways pas of the cuntre 1460 Hay I. 145/25, 250/22, II. 42/3, 143/6. Alex. (Taym.) 2442, 3509. 1471 Acta Aud. 22/1. a1500 Peblis to Play 195.
The schamons dance I mon begin c1475 Wall. iii. 236, xi. 257. a1500 Henr. Fab. 2749 (Bann.).
His hors [etc.] … he mone len to the laird 1485 Acta Conc. I. *100/1.
Certane thingis … that thai mon personali ansuere to a1500 Prestis of Peblis 115. 1494 Loutfut MS. 132 a.
& he strick with the ege he mon lift his armis c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 447. 1513 Doug. i. Prol. 278.
Bot twichyng Virgillis honour … Quha euer contrary, I mon stand at defens Ib. 61, 379, iii. vi. 60. 1516 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 39.
Quhen it sall happen … that the haill communite mon wak 1531 Bell. Boece (M) II. 190/21.
Quhen oure soule mon seveir oute of this corporall presoun 1540 Lynd. Sat. Procl. 55.
Than thow mon keip thy chestety as effeiris? Ib. 86.
I mon ga drink ane penny or twae Ib. 760 (B), 2555. c1550 Id. Meldrum 189. 15.. Clar. i. 1513.
Seing it man so betyd That ȝe from us neidis mone depairt 1558 Q. Kennedy Tractive 131.
Mon nocht everie man beir his awin burdyng? 1560 Rolland Seven S. Prol. 174. Ib. 836, 2414, 4591. 1558-66 Knox II. 264. 1567 G. Ball. 141. 1567 Crim. Trials I. ii. 496.
The Kingis destructioun is devysit, and I mon reveill it vnto thé 1569 Reg. Privy C. II. 72. 1574 Acts III. 87/2.
The nixt schyre or toun throw quhilk he mon pas a1578 Pitsc. I. 221/26. 1586 Douglas Chart. 288. 1597 Skene Verb. S. s.v. Curialitas.
The … bairne … mon be heard cryand a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 23. 1624 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV. 249.(b) 1559 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I. 297.
The tour … mun be fordyr beit 1558-66 Knox II. 110. c1600 Montg. Suppl. x. 17.
Sen that I now on force mun bow to ȝow(2) 1375 Barb. iv. 650.
Quhatkyn forton Ȝhe mon dre Ib. xiii. 658 (E), xx. 170. a1400 Leg. S. xviii. 428.
Thine eris … mone irk To here the syne that I cane vyrk Ib. xxix. 283.
Lord, gyf that mon be [etc.] c1420 Ratis R. 497.
Lyf … That euir-mar mone lestand be Ib. 990.
Trow weil it mone be swa ?1438 Alex. ii. 6600.
Outher he or I mon de but faill Ib. 1954. c1420 Wynt. viii. 5802.
Fast folow ws than sall thai, And sone swa mone thai brek aray c1460 Alex. (Taym.) 116. c1475 Wall. xi. 1116. a1500 K. Hart 680. a1500 Lufaris Compl. 48.
Sen hir [Fortune's] quhele mon turn 1490 Irland Mir. I. 38/24.
The will of God js sa stark, that, will we or nocht, jt mone be c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 167, 479. Id. xlvi. 69.
For ay to lufe invy mone contrair be Id. lxxiii. 4. 15.. Dunb. App. vii. 18. 1533 Boece v. i. 164.
Quharefore thi name mon on force be to all Romanis terribill 1551 Hamilton Cat. 94.
He that luffis the perrel mone peris in the same 1581 Hamilton Cath. Tr. 158 b.
The ane mon gang to hel a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 176.
As the gude wife will al mon be(3) 1375 Barb. ix. 740.
Bot thou reconsalit now mon be 1528 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV. 415.
I mon haue ane gud halk of yow c1530-40 Stewart Maitl. F. cxxviii. 41.
First wilfull wrang mon in ane woddie waiff 1567 Anderson Collect. Mary I. 97.
Quhais force aught and mon mantenne oure authoritie(4) c1552 Lynd. Mon. 4668.
Howbeit his mother milk the kow, He mon be callit Dene Androw 1587-99 Hume 76/273.
How ignorant and inexpert they be, Upon the priuie counsell mon be chused(5) a1400 Leg. S. xxxii. 307.
Manis kynd it mon excede … to kepe madynehede 1456 Hay I. 101/17.
And tharfor mon we graunt that [etc.] c1460 Alex. (Taym.) 2484.
In that I haue … mair land So mon thair be far ma on it levand c1460 Thewis Gud Women 263. c1500-c1512 Dunb. xlvi. 68.
Lufe mon be a vertew c1520-c1535 Nisbet I. 83 marg.
This moun be sum spirituall gelding, neamely, ewin wilfull chaistite 1560 Rolland Seven S. Prol. 99. 1596 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 158.
Quhairof mon insew and follow … proffeittis 1587-99 Hume 78/339. c1610 Melville Mem. 316.
He is not ygnorant how that your hynes favour … mon be mair … helply for his advancement 1633 Kirkcaldy Presb. 53.
That thair mon be som places more eminent than ane uther(6) 1375 Barb. xix. 667.
Tratour, thou mon heir out a1500 Rauf C. 425.
Thow mon to Paris to the King 15.. Wyf Awcht. 19.
Dame, ȝe mon to the pluch to morne