v. (wk.)
Gaw infin. mynn, pres. 3 sg. mynez; Cl pres. sg. myneʒ; Erk past 3 sg. mynnyd; WA infin. myn, mene, meyn, pres. 1 sg. myn, pres. 2 sg. mynnys, menys, pres. 3 sg. mynes, menys, pres. pl. mynes., imp. pl. mynes, pp. mynned
‘to declare; exhort; remember, think of; record, mention; go’ (Modern English min)
PGmc Ancestor
(1) *menþ-; (2) *mun-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
minna ‘to remind’
(ONP (1) minna (1) (vb.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Far minna, minnast, Icel minna, minnast, Norw minna, minnast, Dan minde, mides, Sw minna, minnas
OE Cognate
(2) mynian, -mynnan 'to intend, be impelled, direct oneself towards
Phonological and morphological markers
[ON consonant cluster assimilation] (possibly diagnostic)
Summary category
D1c
MED’s citations of min- forms are preponderantly N and E (as early as Orrm) and alliterative (inc. Harley 2253, PP), but there are a number of exceptions (inc. Chaucer), and the word occurs in the SE as early as the Trin.Hom.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Gaw 141, 982, 995 etc.; Pe 583; Cl 25, 436, 771; Erk 104; WA 245, 565, 583 etc.
For comparison in phrase with mene (< OE mǣnan), see Savage 151n. and McGee 439. TPD emend the A MS reading <mynned> at WA 1094 to nomyn, which gives better sense in context and restores the alliteration of the line.