maun
Americanauxiliary verb
verb
Etymology
Origin of maun
1325–75; Middle English (north and Scots ) man < Old Norse man, earlier mun “must, shall, will”
Example Sentences
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Corporal Craigie, the Scotsman with his forehead branded, called out the commands, saying we maun needs listen well or we shall surrender in confusion.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
“Ye must forget sic things. Ye maun summon up your powers to what is difficult. Will ye do that?”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
And, Jean, my dear, I think ye maun ken something of the other things, though ye never heard them from me.”
From The Twa Miss Dawsons by Robertson, Margaret M. (Margaret Murray)
“I think ye maun ken all that I could tell you—or mostly all.”
From The Twa Miss Dawsons by Robertson, Margaret M. (Margaret Murray)
Lang maun she weep, lang maun she weep, Lang maun she weep with dule and sorrow, And lang maun I nae mair weil be seen, Pouing the birks on the Braes o' Yarrow.
From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Turnbull, Robert
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