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Man(e, n.¹ Also: main(e, mayn(e. [North. ME. man (Cursor M.), midl. and south. mone, moon, OE. *mán. Cf. Mone n. and Mene n.², and Mean.] Complaining, lamentation; a complaint, lament.Freq. to mak (one's) (a) (gret etc.) mane with various dependent constructions.(1) ?1438 Alex. ii. 2627.
Freind, said Clarus, lat be thy mane! c1420 Wynt. vii. 152.
He set nowcht by thare mane a myte c1450-2 Howlat 859.
Than rewit thir riallis of that rath mane Ib. 41. a1500 Henr. Fab. 1555 (Bann.).
Wrekand his hurt with sair murnyng and mane Ib. 2890.
[The mouse] fandit hir defend with mony mane 1535 Stewart 43913. a1568 Bann. MS. 229 b/1.
All for ane is my mane(b) c1475 Wall. iv. 688.
With dulfull mayn retorned thir men of wer Ib. xi. 1136. c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxxiv. 31.
Behald my mayne and mwrning merwalous 1513 Doug. iii. v. 120. 1546–7 Cal. Sc. P. I. 4.
[There is great] maine [here for a Scots ship … wrecked near Dover](2) a1400 Leg. S. xxv. 224.
Thai … fand hyme ded. Than mad thai man Ib. xxxi. 216.
Hyr fadir than … For his douchtir mad gret mane c1420 Wynt. vii. 1424 (W).
The King Henry … in his letteris maid this mane That the pepill of Irland [etc.] a1500 Seven S. 13. Ib. 1256.
[He] maid a sary mane a1508 Kennedy Pass. Christ 101. a1538 Abell 45 a.
The Britonaris maid thare mane to Sanct Germond … schawand quhow the Saxonis had brokin thare trewis a1570-86 Maitl. F. lxxx. 23.
I mak my mane as ȝe may heir, God gif I wer wedo now c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 906. 1560 Rolland Seven S. 7783.
Sen ȝe haue maid ȝour first mane to me, I mon ȝow help a1568 Scott iii. 42. Ib. xxv. 28. 1590 Burel Pilgr. i. xxxvi. a1700 Mare of Colinton in Watson's Coll. i. 50.(b) 1375 Barb. v. 175 (E).
The king sichand thus maid his mayn Ib. xv. 235. a1400 Leg. S. ii. 688, xviii. 938, xxvi. 1137. c1420 Wynt. iv. 620.
Off the skayth … He maid bot lytill dule or mayne Ib. ii. 1439 (C). c1475 Wall. v. 238. a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 796. 1511 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 108.
Ane of your fermouris … makis ane rycht hevy main that he sould be sa lang wnder the sentens 1533 Boece ii. vii. 70. 1547 Ex. Processes No. vi. p. 2 (Hope v. Tod & Robertson).
He herd George Tod makand his mayne & lamentatioun a1585 Arbuthnot Maitl. Q. xlii. 161.
For this warldlie troubill mak na maine