man – Middle English noun declension

Middle English noun forms of man

Noun: man
Sg.man
Pl.men

Genitive

Sg.mannes
Pl.mennes; manne; mannene; menne; mennene; men

Dative

Sg.manne
Pl.manne; mannen; menne; mennen

Sample Sentences

  • bleſſid is þe man þat ſuffriþ temptacioun / foꝛ whanne he ſchal be pꝛeued .· he ſchal reſſeyue þe coꝛoun of lijf · which god bihiȝte to men þat louen hym (A person who endures temptation is blessed, because when they've been tested, they'll receive the crown of life that God promised to the people who love him.) [c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, James 1:12, folio 109, verso, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:]

Nouns inflected like man

man,

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *mon-
3. Proto-Germanic *mann-
4. Proto-West Germanic *mann
5. Old English mann
6. Middle English man
7. Inherited from Old English mann, from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-, from Proto-Indo-European *mon-. See: Old English Nouns 'mann', Old English Nouns 'mann'.

Verbs referencing "man"

English Nouns man, English Nouns pollman.

Translations