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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1546
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Menekin, attrib. (e.m.E. menekyn (1541), minikin (1545), menykinge (1580), of ‘a thin string of gut used for the treble string of the lute or viol’, appar. identical with e.m.E. mynykyn (a 1550), minikin, ‘a playful or endearing term for a female’, e.m.Du. minneken (MDu. minnekijn) id.) — 1546 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 239.
Thre dosoun of menekin stringis for lutis
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