Middle English Dictionary Entry
minten v.
Entry Info
Forms | minten v. Also mint(e, (error) mytid & (chiefly S & WM) munte(n. Forms: sg.3 minteth, etc. & munteth, muntid; p. mint(e, munt(e, (K) mente & minted; ppl. mint(e, munt; cp. iminten. |
Etymology | OE myntan |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To intend (in a certain way), plan; also, attempt, strive; ~ til (to), be inclined toward (sth.), strive for; aspire to (God); (b) to intend (sth.), plan, design; propose; ordain or intend (sth. for sb.); ~ mede, propose or offer a bribe; determine (someone's) just deserts [quot.: ?a1325]; (c) to strive for (sth.), aspire to, desire; (d) to intend (to do sth.); attempt (to do sth.), endeavor; intend to go [quot.: c1325]; (e) to proceed (to do sth.).
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.Cross (LdMisc 108)560 : Þo ne dorsten huy more schame do þe rode ase huy munte [rime: stunte].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)6209 : Quils þat he suld þarto mint, He suld for euermar be stint.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)28314 : Quen i til ony gode dede mynt, Ful eth it was do me to stint.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)28979 : For euer ai prai wit-vten stint, He þat graithli to godd has mint [Glb: thoght].
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)7243 : Þenne myȝt þei do as þei had mynt.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)338 : Myntyn, or amyn towarde, for to assayen: Attempto.
- c1440(?a1400) Perceval (Thrn)1667 : And i may, als i hafe mynt, Þou schalt it neuer mende.
b
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)118/18 : He mynte þæt he sceolde timbriæn eorðlic hus on þam heofenlice blisse.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)11 : Swilche þing him mai letten of þat þe god him haueð munt.
- ?c1335 Earth(1) (Hrl 913)2/16 : When erþ is in erþe, heo muntid [marg. gloss.: metitur] þi meden.
- a1350 Ich herdemen (Hrl 2253)53 : Mede y mot munten a mark oþer more.
- a1350 Ne mai no lewed (Hrl 2253)29 : Alle heo bueþ redy myn rouþes to rede, þer y mot for menske munte sum mede.
- c1330 Otuel (Auch)1585 : Ich ne habbe nouȝt munt, Þa [?read: þat] þou schalt ȝiue me þat dunt.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)145/441 : Hyt moste nides by Þet soche schrewen were hy, Ase gode hyt mente.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)7066 : Troyle..had tynte Þe fyrst paleys þat God hadde hym mynte.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)718 : Sathan..vmthoght o þat thing to stint þat godd til ending god had mint.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)7243 : Al moght þai þan do quat þai mint.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1628 : Þou unhyles uch hidde þat Hevenkyng myntes.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)7225 : What haue ȝe mynt?
c
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)3437 : What so my sister ever has mynt, Al hir part now tel I tynt.
d
- ?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1137 : He..be gæt thare priuilegies, an of alle þe landes of þabbotrice &..gif he leng moste liuen, alse he mint to don of þe horderwycan.
- c1300 Horn (LdMisc 108)44/824 : Þer þou hauest Mynt [vr. munt] to wyue, Awey he schal þe dryue.
- a1350 Prov.Hend.(Hrl 2253)242 : Mon þat munteþ ouer flod Whiles þat þe wynd ys wod..Abyde..stille.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.5043 : As sche minte To speke, upon the point sche stinte.
- a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Gosp.(Phys-E)p.4 : Mi speche haf I mint to drawe Of cristes dedes and his sau.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)6107 : To liuer þam has drightin mint, And giue egypcian a dint.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)22469 : For to be born ha we noght mint.
- a1425 Arth.& M.(LinI 150)340/1479 : He kan telle ȝou..of þy chaumburleyn, þat þow has mynt to drawe and honge.
- a1450 7 Sages(3) (Cmb Dd.1.17)1660 : The olde man..hadde mynt..Have doon hire a ful despyte.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.150 : He þat mynteþ [vrr. mynted; meneth, maynteneth, purposeth] dounward for to go, His awne weight wil drawe hym doun in haste.
e
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)1.m.2.3 : How the thought of man..forleteth his propre clernesse, myntynge [L tendit] to gon into foreyne dirknesses.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.19 : Þis mannys mynde Is casten doun now in-to depe derknesse..Myntyng for to goo to strange derknesse.
2.
(a) To think (of sth.); of plans or intentions: come to the mind of (sb.), occur to; (b) to say (sth.); mention (sb.).
Associated quotations
a
- a1350 In a fryht (Hrl 2253)21 : Of munnyng ne munte þou namore.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)7243 : Al muȝt þai do quat ham mynt.
b
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)14021 : Simonde..wondred & saide in his þoȝt, bot wiþ his mouþ he mynt [Vsp: said; Trin-C: spake] hit noȝt.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)431 : This Medea the maiden, þat I mynt first..by Jason ioinet was to sit.
3.
(a) To take aim; also fig.; aim (at sb. or sth.) with a weapon; (b) to aim (a weapon); aim (a blow at sb.); (c) to point (to sth.).
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Bevis (Eg 2862)39/813 : [Auch: Beues..Wiþ is swerd] smot and mynt.
- a1400 Bevis (Eg 2862)120/2539 : His foot slood, so hard he mynt.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2262 : Þe gome..Gederez vp hys grymme tole, Gawayn to smyte; With alle þe bur in his body he ber hit on lofte, Munt as maȝtyly as marre hym he wolde.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2274 : Nawþer fyked I ne flaȝe, freke, quen þou myntest.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2290 : He myntez at hym maȝtyly.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)811 : Þare was nane þat anes mynt Unto þe bed at smyte a dynt.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)2448 : Unto Sir Ywayn he mynt.
- c1450(?a1400) Parl.3 Ages (Add 31042)48 : Had I mytid [read: myntid] or mouede..Alle my layke hade bene loste.
- a1500(?c1400) Triam.(Cmb Ff.2.38)1513 : Tryamowre at hym conne mynte.
- a1500(?a1475) Guy(4) (Cmb Ff.2.38)6579 : A spere he toke in hys hande..Wyth grete wrath he can mynte.
- c1500(?a1437) ?Jas.I KQ (SeldArch B.24)st.105 : There as I mynt full sore, I smyte bot soft.
b
- c1330 Otuel (Auch)182 : Ȝef ani of ȝou so hardi be, Þat any strok munteþ to me.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)5587 : Charlis..a strok til hym gan mynte.
- a1450 Dux Moraud (BodPoet f.2)26 : Strokys at ȝow xal I mynt.
- a1500(?a1400) Torrent (Chet 8009)1603 : His spere hede lefte he thare, So evill was hitt mynt.
c
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1089 : Seraphis..said him þir wordis..Toward a miȝti montayne him myntis [Dub: myntyd] with his fynger.
- a1500(c1386) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)145 : Þe dene..devysit al on fyrst Þe fyndynge of þat ferly, with fynger he mynte.