Middle English Dictionary Entry

men indef. pron.
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Note: Cp. man pron. & me pron.(1).
1.
(a) One, a person; people, they; -- usually with singular verb; belles that ~ ringes, bells that one rings (they ring), bells that are rung; etc.; (b) ~ calleth (callen, clepeth, nemneth), one calls or names, they call, is (am, etc.) called or named; ~ callede (clepede), one called or named, they called, was (were) called; one called it, it was called; ~ mai callen; ~ seith (seien), one says, they say, it) is said; ~ seide, one (they) said; ~ sen, ~ mai sen, one sees (can see), is (are) to be seen; ~ tellen, one tells, they tell; no ~, no one, nobody.