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1 mĭnare [CL] 1 to drive: a (person or livestock); b (cart or plough). a ita adduxerit Deus animantia terrae vel aves ad Adam, quomodo solet pastor gregem ~are suum de loco ad locum Bede Gen. 50A; habeo quendam puerum ~antem [AS: Þywende] boves cum stimulo Ælf. Coll. 90; invitos [Danicos] ad regiam ~are villam molitus est Fl. Worc. I 62; tolle tecum vitulos nostros et ~a eos usque Depedale et festinanter revertere Chr. Dale 3; 1275 constabularius castri ‥ ipsum ~avit in prisonem Hund. I 209; c1298 pastor oves minat baculo, lupus ore minatur (Dunbar 152) Pol. Songs 171.  b subsequitur ‥ ~antes carrum cum corpore Pass. Æthelb. 14; otia pigra sibi sapiens contraria vitat./ ‥/ hinc exercet agros et mīnat aratra colonus L. Durh. Hypog. 66; 1494 et sol’ tribus pueris ~antibus aratra iij s. Ac. Durh. 652. 2 to drive off, carry away. s871 post diffusi praedas ~ant, vastant loca Æthelw. IV 3; ossa patris mīnat nimia commotus in ira (Vers.) Capgr. Hen. 35. 3 to lead. b to command. equum habeat quem ‥ prestare possit vel ipse ~are [AS: læ dan] quocumque dicatur ei (Quad.) GAS 448; quis est iste puer parvulus?: ‥ ipse est sine dubio qui ~avit Paulum et fecit eum ire ad Ananiam Ailr. Serm. I 38. 216.  b septimam [aciem] ‥ ~avit dux Godefridus M. Par. Min. I 120. 4 to take along (as aide or companion). rex in illa transfretatione Rogerium de Monte-Gomerici ‥ secum ~avit Ord. Vit. IV 4 p. 178. 5 to take or lead as wife, marry. hec nova sit tibi conjunx/ traduc, inclina; cur heres? accipe, mīna R. Cant. Malch. II 485; Malchus festinat, conivet ducere, mīnat Ib. 539. 6 to pursue. si vestigium furati pecoris ~etur [AS: gif man ‥ bedrifÞ de loco in locum] (Quad.) GAS 375. 7 (refl.) to conduct oneself. Grais Troja mĭnans cecidit, non se bene mīnans Serlo Wilt. 2. 74 (v. minari 1).
2 mĭnare v. minari
3 mīnare [ML], mineare [cf. ME minen, OF miner] 1 to dig, sap, undermine. 1224 quod posueris in carpentariis predictos muros ~eatos stancionantibus Cl I 617a. 2 to dig for minerals or sim., mine. 1384 quod ipse querere facere possit et ~eare pro carbonibus maritimis per dominium de Baumburgh RScot 69a.

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