"min" meaning in Middle English

See min in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Determiner

IPA: /miːn/ Forms: I [nominative], mine [alternative], minne [alternative], myn [alternative], myne [alternative], mynne [alternative], mein [alternative], meyne [alternative]
Rhymes: -iːn Etymology: From Old English mīn (“my, mine”), from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz (“my, mine”, pron.) (genitive of *ek (“I”)), from Proto-Indo-European *méynos (“my; mine”). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|mīn|t=my, mine}} Old English mīn (“my, mine”), {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*mīnaz|pos=pron.|t=my, mine}} Proto-Germanic *mīnaz (“my, mine”, pron.), {{inh|enm|ine-pro|*méynos|t=my; mine}} Proto-Indo-European *méynos (“my; mine”) Head templates: {{head|enm|determiners|nominative|I}} min (nominative I)
  1. First-person singular genitive determiner: my
    Sense id: en-min-enm-det-x3p~~ZUf Categories (other): Middle English determiners, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English determiners: 59 41 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53

Pronoun

IPA: /miːn/ Forms: I [nominative], mine [alternative], minne [alternative], myn [alternative], myne [alternative], mynne [alternative], mein [alternative], meyne [alternative]
Rhymes: -iːn Etymology: From Old English mīn (“my, mine”), from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz (“my, mine”, pron.) (genitive of *ek (“I”)), from Proto-Indo-European *méynos (“my; mine”). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|mīn|t=my, mine}} Old English mīn (“my, mine”), {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*mīnaz|pos=pron.|t=my, mine}} Proto-Germanic *mīnaz (“my, mine”, pron.), {{inh|enm|ine-pro|*méynos|t=my; mine}} Proto-Indo-European *méynos (“my; mine”) Head templates: {{head|enm|pronouns|nominative|I}} min (nominative I)
  1. First-person singular possessive pronoun: mine, of me
    Sense id: en-min-enm-pron-WMptXjbb Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English personal pronouns, Middle English pronouns Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Middle English personal pronouns: 40 60 Disambiguation of Middle English pronouns: 35 65 Related terms: I, ich, ik, me, minmi1, þou, þe, þinþi1, þin, he, himhine2, him, his, hishisen, sche, heo, hireheo, hire, hirehires, hiren, hit, hithim2, , wit, unk, unker, ȝit, inc, inker, we, us, ous, oure, oureoures, ouren, ye, yow, your, youryoures, youren, hemhe2, hem, here, hereheres, heren, þei, þem, þeim, þeir, þeirþeires, þeiren

Alternative forms

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    },
    {
      "word": "heren"
    },
    {
      "word": "þei"
    },
    {
      "word": "þem"
    },
    {
      "word": "þeim"
    },
    {
      "word": "þeir"
    },
    {
      "word": "þeirþeires"
    },
    {
      "word": "þeiren"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "First-person singular possessive pronoun: mine, of me"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mine",
          "mine"
        ],
        [
          "me",
          "me"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/miːn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "min"
}

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