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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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MINE, poss. pron. Also Sc. forms min, myne.

Sc. usages:

1. = Poss. adj. my, before ain, own (Sh., Bnff., Abd., Ags. 1963), now usu. wrongly divided as my nain, see Nain.Abd. 1923 J. R. Imray Village Roupie 27:
But tae me 'tis a pleasure tae ken that I hae A hame o' mine ain on the face o' the brae.Bnff. 1934 J. M. Caie Kindly North 11:
An' I'd likit weel a placie o' min' ain.

2. As the absolute form of mine, with -s on analogy with yours, theirs, usu. only in juvenile or illiterate speech (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl., mynz; Cai. 1903 E.D.D.). Gen.Sc. The double form mineses is sometimes heard (Abd. 1963).Sc. 1789 Shepherd's Wedding 8:
She sall be mines in less than haf-a-year.s.Sc. 1873 D.S.C.S. 192:
I'll gie ye yours, when ye bring me mines.Lnk. 1889 A. G. Murdoch Readings (Ser. 2) 29:
Yer hat's jist deplorable, . . . it needs turnin', like mines.Sc. 1893 Stevenson Catriona xxx.:
“Be damned, sir; but my money's there!” said James. “I'm vexed about that, too,” says Alan, with his funny face, “but now, ye see, it's mines.”Sh. 1899 Shetland News (12 Aug.):
Shü swappid a auld jimper o' minse efter da djooks.Gsw. 1930 Scots Mag. (Jan.) 258:
For she's missed the best pairt o' her life — for your sake an' mines.Abd. 1931 D. Campbell Uncle Andie 5:
Gin ye hid a hairt the marrows o' mines.Arg. 1936 L. McInnes S. Kintyre 21:
I kent as soon as I saw it, that it wuzna mines; mines is bigger.Edb. 1961 People's Jnl. (7 Jan.):
And if we jist hing up oor stockin', . . . He'll fill them fou wi' brawest ferlies — O mither, hing up mines and Chairlie's!m.Sc. 1994 Martin Bowman and Bill Findlay Forever Yours, Marie-Lou 38:
And if ah waant tae ah kin even gie the table a shove wi ma feet an skail aw the beer! Fur it's mines, ah've peyed fur it, ah kin dae whit ah waant wi it, ... m.Sc. 1994 Martin Bowman and Bill Findlay Forever Yours, Marie-Lou 57:
Ah'll shower it wi love..And naebdy else'll git tae touch it...It'll be mines alane...Mines alane tae bring up...

3. Phr. mine alane, all by myself, myself alone. See Alane, 3. (2), Lane, adj., 2.Sc. 1827 W. Motherwell Minstrelsy 343:
As I was walking mine alane, Betwixt the water and the wa'.