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man pl.
men human being; adult male OE.; vassal, manservant XII; (dial.) husband XIII. OE.
man(n),
mon(n), pl.
menn (:- *
manniz), also
manna,
monna, corr. to OS., OHG.
man (Du.
man; G.
mann), ON.
maðr (g.
manns, pl.
menn), Goth.
manna (g.
mans, pl.
mans,
mannans); the various forms belong to two Gmc. stems *
mann-, *
mannan-, rel. to Skr.
mánu- man, mankind, OSl.
mǫźĭ.The prominent sense in OE. was ‘human being’, the words distinctive of sex being
wer and
wīf,
wǣp(n)man and
wīfman WOMAN. The sense ‘ship’ (as in
Frenchman) appears in XV. Among spec. phr. is
man-at-arms (XVI; formerly †
man of arms), tr. OF.
homme d'armes and
à armes. The sense of ‘piece’ used in chess appears
c.1400.
Hence
man vb. Late OE.
(ġe)mannian.
manhood, †
manhead XIII.
mannish † human; masculine XIV; pert. to a grown man XVI; characteristic of a male XVIII. repl. OE.
mennisċ,
manslaughter XVII. Superseded †
manslaught, OE. (Angl.)
mannslæht, the second el. being:- Gmc. *
slaχitz. f. *
salχ- SLAY1.
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