maun

[ mahn, mawn ]

auxiliary verbScot.

Origin of maun

1
1325–75; Middle English (north and Scots ) man <Old Norse man, earlier mun “must, shall, will”
  • Also man [mahn, man; (unstressed) muhn] /mɑn, mæn; (unstressed) mən/ .

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How to use maun in a sentence

  • Pork maun hae risen in price this last twa-three days, for I'm telt it was gaun cheap enough then.

    The Underworld | James C. Welsh
  • But you maun read on a bit far'er, for I'm no' gaun tae work ony mair till I see that dirty beast Hazelrig get his deserts.

    The Underworld | James C. Welsh
  • An' forby you maun mind that there are ither folk wha'll be vexed if you dinna get better.

    The Underworld | James C. Welsh
  • An' noo I maun leave ye to mak' what ye can oot o' this, for I jalouse it'll pass ye to untaukle the whole hypothec.

  • We maun get another subsidy frae the Commons, and that will make ae compting of it.

    The Fortunes of Nigel | Sir Walter Scott

British Dictionary definitions for maun

maun

man mun (mʌn)

/ (mɑːn, mɔːn) /


verb
  1. a dialect word for must 1

Origin of maun

1
C14: from Old Norse man must, will

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