mone
To admonish; advise; explain.
Noun alt of, obsolete
- Obsolete spelling of moan.
- Obsolete spelling of moon.
Origin
Alternative spellings.
Forms
Noun obsolete
- Mind; preference.
- A cumber-world, yet in the world am left, / A fruitles plot, with brambles ouergrowne, / Miſliued man of my vvorlds ioy bereft, / Hart-breaking cares the ofspring of my mone. - 1593, Michael Drayton, “The Second Eglog”,...
Origin
Inherited from Middle English mone, alteration (affected by monien (“to admonish”)) of *mine (“mind”), from Middle English minen, mynen, munen, from Old English ġemynan, ġemunan (“to remember”). More at mind.
Forms
Verb Entry 3
- To admonish; advise; explain.
Origin
Inherited from Middle English monien, from Old English monian, manian (“to bring to mind what ought to be done, urge upon one what ought to be done, admonish, warn, exhort, instigate, bring to mind what should not be forgotten, remind, suggest, prompt, tell what ought to be done, teach, instruct, advise, claim, demand, ask of a person, remember”), from Proto-Germanic *manōną (“to admonish”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian mania (“to admonish”), Dutch manen (“to admonish”), German mahnen (“to remind, admonish, urge”).
Forms
Verb alt of, obsolete
- Obsolete spelling of moan.