Middle English Dictionary Entry
manī-what pron.
Entry Info
| Forms | manī-what pron. |
| Etymology | From manī adj. & what. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Many a thing; (b) in ~, in many a way.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1028 : Enngless..wiþþ þe bisscopp spækenn O Godess hallfe off maniȝwhatt.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)7086 : Magy..haffdenn dep innsihht..& unnderrstodenn maniȝwhatt Þurrh snoterr gyn bi sterrness.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)10691 : Þe Laferrd Crist..wollde fullhtnedd beon, Forr maniȝwhatt to tacnenn, Forr naffde he naness kiness ned Himm sellf to wurrþenn fullhtnedd.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)179/17 : Hare liflade is herre, for pilegrim eileð monihwet [Nero: monihwat].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)12598 : Þai him asked mani-quat [Frf: many quat; Göt: maniquatt; Trin-C: mony what].
b
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)18048 : Þis ilk iesus forsoth es þat þat greuis vs in mani-quat.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)7442 : On a day by þe kyng he sat, To-gydere spekynge of many what.
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- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)19/35 : Þen bihoued hym cloþing & oþer many what to helpen his kynde.
Note: Postdates word
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