maymen

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === mahaymen, maheyme, mayme, mayn, mayne maynhe (Northern); maymyn, maynyn (Promptorium Parvulorum) === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman mahaimer, alteration of Old French mahaignier, mehaignier after Frankish *hammjan (“to restrict”); thus equivalent to maym (“injury”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). Forms with /n/, /ɲ/ continue the unaltered Old French form. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmæi̯mən/, /ˈmæi̯nən/, (possibly) /maˈæi̯mən/, /mæi̯ˈæi̯mən/ (Northern) IPA(key): /ˈmæi̯ɲə/, /ˈmaɲə/, /ˈmɛɲə/ === Verb === maymen (third-person singular simple present maymeth, present participle maymende, maymynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle maymed) To maim; to physically injure as to impair. (figuratively) To ruin or destroy. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: maim Middle Scots: mainȝie, menȝe Scots: meingyie (obsolete) ==== References ==== “maimen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.