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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
MAINOUR.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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MAINOUR,
(F.,—L.) In the phr. 'taken with the mainour,' or
later, 'taken in the manner;' see I Hen. IV. ii. 4. 347. See note to
Manner, p. 352. We find pris
ov meinoure (where ov = F. avec), Stat. of the Realm, i. 30,
an. 1275. Blount, in his Nomolexicon, explains mainour as
meaning 'the thing that a thief steals;' and 'to be taken with the mainour,' as
'with the thing stoln about him, flagrante delicto.' It is
lit. 'with the manœuvre,' and therefore refers rather to the act than the
thing; see Cotgrave, s.v. flagrant; E. Webbe, Travels, 1590, ed. Arber, p.
28. The Anglo-F. meinoure, also mainoure (Stat. Realm, i. 161)
answers to O.F. maineuvre (Littré). See Manœuvre.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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