"menne" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun form|altform=1}} menne
  1. (Late Middle English) alternative form of men (“men”) Tags: Late-Middle-English, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: men (extra: men)
    Sense id: en-menne-enm-noun-Rb2qseNo Categories (other): Late Middle English, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: An alteration of manne after the common (nominative/accusative) plural men. Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|genitive plural}} Head templates: {{head|enm|noun form}} menne
  1. genitive/dative plural of man (“man”) Tags: dative, form-of, genitive, plural Form of: man (extra: man)
    Sense id: en-menne-enm-noun-XXV9OpmK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-02-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-02-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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