Middle English Dictionary Entry
mēning ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | mēning ger. |
| Etymology | Cp. mēne n.(3) & mēnen v.(3). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Acting as a means, mediation.
Associated quotations
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)477 : Þe contemplatijf lijf now seid is not good..but for as myche and how myche bi his meenyng he bringiþ forþ his actijf lijf.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)263 : It is woned be seid that thilk meene dooth the deede, in this vnderstonding, that thilk meene helpith and fortherith in meenyng that the deede be don of his veri doer; as, if Iohun be a prouoking meene that the King ȝeue to me xxti pound..Iohun..fortherith in meenyng that the ȝeuyng be doon.