mann

Definitions

1. 1.

   person

   c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English Ǣġðer is mann ġe wer ġe wīf.

   A person is either male or female.

   c. 992, Ælfric, "Midlent Sunday" God ġesċōp æt fruman twēġen menn, wer and wīf.

   In the beginning, God created two human beings, a man and a woman.

   11th century, anonymous fragment of a Life of Saint Mildred Wæs hēo swīðe ġemyndgu þæt wē eall of twām mannum cōmon.

   She always remembered that we all came from two people.

   late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of The Consolation of Philosophy Þā cwæþ hē, "Wāst þū hwæt mann sīe?" Þā cwæþ iċ, "Iċ wāt þæt hit biþ sāwol and līchama."

   Then he said, "Do you know what a person is?" So I said, "I know it's a soul and a body."

   "The Wife's Lament" Ongunnon þæt þæs mannes māgas hyċġan þurh dierne ġeþōht þæt hīe tōdǣlden unc.

   The person's relatives began to think of a secret plan to separate us.

   c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 24:38-39

   In the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and they didn't know until the flood came and took them all.

2. 2.

   man (mankind)

   late 10th century, Ælfric, translation of Genesis 1:27

   God created man in his image.

   c. 992, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Lord's Ascension" Sē mann hæfþ sum þing ġemǣne mid ealre ġesċeafte.

   Man has something in common with all of creation.

3. 3.

   man (adult male)

4. 4.

   the rune ᛗ, representing the sound /m/

Inflection Table

Definitions

1. 1.

   a male given name