A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1500
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Mene, v.4 [? ME. (north. and north midl.) men(e (Minot), meane (Destr. Troy), refl. to demean (oneself), mayne (14–15th c.) tr. to lead (a horse), e.m.E. mene (evil) (Caxton) to (mal)treat, mayn(e (1527), meane, to conduct (an affair), OF. meine pres. t. of mener to lead.] ? absol. To treat or maltreat (a person in a particular way). = Demayne v. 2 and 3. — a1500 Golagros and Gawane 96.
Quhy has thow marrit my man with maistri to mene [: kene, ben, wene]?
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