min1t

A Middle English form of mine1. min2t, a. [ME., also myn, minne, mynne, ner, minre, G. minder = Icel. minnr = Sw. Dan. mindre = Goth. minniza, compar., le ; cf. OS. minnisto OFries. minnust = D. MLG. minst = OHG. minnist, MHG. minnest, G. mindest = Icel. minnst = Sw.minst = Dan. mindst = Goth. min nists (cf. mins, minz, adv.), superl., least; compar. and superl. (reduced in the compar. min, as in bet for better, le , etc.), = L. compar. minor, neut. minus, le (superl. minimus, least), positive stem * minu-, whence minuere, le en (see minish, minuend, etc.), = Gr. μινύς, little, small (not in good use, but a umed or revived as the base of the derived forms μινύθειν, le en, μίvvv θα, a little, etc.); cf. Ir. min, small; perhaps Skt. ✓ mi (present stem mina- ), make le . Hence, from L., minor, minus, minority, etc., minister, administer, etc., minim, minimum, minimize, minute, minute, minish, diminish, comminute, etc.; from E., mince, minnow, etc.] The more and the minne . ninister, Le . Le Bone Florence (Ritson's Met. Rom., III.), 1. 549. It is of the for to forgyfe Alkyn tryspas both more & mynn. Political Poems , etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 104. min3+ (min), n. [ME., also minne, mynne, minnia = OHG. minna, MHG. minne, G. (revived) minne , love, orig. 'memory': akin to E. mine3, mind1, etc.: see mine3, mind1.] Memory; remembrance.