manian

manian

1. genitive singular of mania

• manina

• monian

From Proto-West Germanic *manōn, from Proto-Germanic *manōną, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“think”). Cognate with Old Frisian monia, Old Saxon manōn (Dutch manen), Old High German manōn (German mahnen). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek μένος (ménos), Latin mens, Welsh mynnu, Russian мнить (mnitʹ), Lithuanian minti.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.ni.ɑn/

manian

1. to bring to mind what should be done or what should not be forgotten; to urge, to admonish
   • 10th century, The Seafarer:

     Forþon cnyssað nū heortan ġeþōhtas, þæt iċ hēan strēamas, sealtȳþa ġelāc sylf cunniġe; monað mōdes lust mǣla ġehwylċe ferð tō fēran, þæt iċ feor heonan elþēodiġra eard ġesēċe.

     Thus, thoughts are now striking heart so that I know high streams, the tossing of the salt waves myself; the mind’s wish of each times goads soul to fare so that I hence would seek a far land of overseas folks.

• āmanian
• ġemynd
• ġemanian
• myntan

• Middle English: *monien, monihen, *monen