maun

Dec. 31st, 2007 07:42 am
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This holiday, my True Love gave me words -- a small red bag of cards, each with a word she'd dug up playing Scrabble. I think this calls for a semiregular theme week, starting with this one. And pulling randomly from the bag I get:


maun - aux. v. (Scot.) must.


From an Old English form man or mun, meaning shall/will.

---L.

Date: 2007-12-31 09:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] asakiyume.livejournal.com
I love these Scots words. Like "ken"


Date: 2008-01-01 03:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] prettygoodword.livejournal.com
Ken's good solid English, though. It's survived slightly better in the North, but was never just a Scotsman's word.

---L.

Date: 2008-01-01 04:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] asakiyume.livejournal.com
You see? I didn't know this! Thanks :-)

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