maun

[ mahn, mawn ]

auxiliary verb

, Scot.

1. must ¹.

maun

/ mʌn; mɔːn; mɑːn /

verb

1. a dialect word for must 1

Word History and Origins

Origin of maun¹

1325–75; Middle English (north and Scots ) man < Old Norse man, earlier mun “must, shall, will”

Word History and Origins

Origin of maun¹

C14: from Old Norse man must, will

Example Sentences

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

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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.

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An' forby you maun mind that there are ither folk wha'll be vexed if you dinna get better.

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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.

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

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