An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

A. S. meng-an, Su. G. meng-a, id.

To MINNE, v. a. To contribute.
Sir Tristrem.

Isl. mynd-a, procurare; mund, dos.

MINNIE, MINNY, s. Mother; a fondling term, S.
Clerk.

Belg. minnie, a nurse; minne, love, minn-en, to love; Isl. manna, matercula.

Minnie's Mouthes, s. Those who must be wheedled into any measure by kindness; q. by a mother's fondling.
Calderwood.

To MYNNIS, v. n. To grow less.
Doug.

Su. G. minsk-a, id. from min, less.

To MINT, MYNT, v. n.
1. To aim, to take aim.
Douglas.
2. To attempt, S.
Gawan and Gal.
To mint at, to aim at, S.
Ramsay.
To mint to, the same.
Baillie.

A. S. ge-mynt-an, disponere, Alem. meint-a, intendere.