different between mensk vs mense

English

Alternative forms

• menske, mennesc, menniske

Etymology

From an early Scandinavian form (compare Old Norse menskr (“human”)), from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz (“human”). Compare mannish. Cognate with Dutch mens (“human, humanity”), German Mensch (“man, human”), Danish menneske (“human”), Swedish människa (“human, human being, person”), Icelandic manneskja (“person, human being”). See also mense, mennish.

Adjective

mensk (comparative more mensk, superlative most mensk)

1. (obsolete) Honourable. [14th-15th c.]

Noun

mensk (uncountable)

1. (now rare, archaic, poetic) Dignity, honour. [from 13th c.]

Verb

mensk (third-person singular simple present mensks, present participle mensking, simple past and past participle mensked)

1. (obsolete) To honour, dignify. [13th-16th c.]
   • c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, III:

     ?it I may as I my?te · menske þe with ?iftes / And mayntene þi manhode · more þan þow knoweste.

Related terms

• mense
• mensch

Middle English

Alternative forms

• menske

Etymology

From Old Norse menskr (“human”), from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz (“human”). Cognate with Old English mennisc (“human”). More at mennish.

Adjective

mensk

1. honorable, praiseworthy; beautiful; human

   More mensk it is manliche to deie þan for to fle couwarli — William of Palerne, 1375

Noun

mensk (plural mensken)

1. honor, repute; kindness, dignity, humanity; beauty, fairness

   Ase feole siðen as þu ouerkimest him, ase feole crunen, þet is to seggen, ase feole mensken of misliche murhðen. — Ancrene Wisse, c1230

   (but as many times as you overcome him, as many crowns, that is to say, so many honors of various joys.)

   Amid te menske of þi neb, þet is, þe fehereste deal … — Ancrene Wisse, c1230

   (Amid the beauty of thy face, that is, the fairest part …)

   To saue ?our mensk, I wol ?ow telle ti?tly what turn sche as wrou?t. — William of Palerne, 1375

Verb

mensk (third-person singular simple present mensketh, present participle menskynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle mensked)

1. to honor, glorify, worship

   It sall ger hir be ful fain / To mensk oure goddes with al hir main. — Northern Homily Cycle, 1425

Related terms

• menskful

References

• mensk in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Middle English Dictionary

English

Etymology

From earlier mensk, from Middle English menske (“courtesy, honour”), from Old Norse menska (“humanity”). Cognate with Old English menniscu (“the human condition, humanity”). More at mennish, mensch.

Noun

mense (plural menses)

1. Property, owndom; possessions.
2. (Britain, dialect) manliness; dignity; comeliness; civility

Derived terms

• menseful
• menseless

Verb

mense (third-person singular simple present menses, present participle mensing, simple past and past participle mensed)

1. To adorn, bring honour to; grace.

Anagrams

• Semen, menes, mesen, mesne, neems, semen

Afrikaans

Noun

mense

1. plural of mens: people

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin m?nsa. Compare the inherited doublet moise, which acquired a technical sense.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??s/

Noun

mense f (plural menses)

1. (archaic) table
2. Ecclesiastical revenue, especially that of an abbey

Related terms

• commensal

Further reading

• “mense” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin mensis (“month”).

Noun

mense (plural menses)

1. month

See also

• januario
• februario
• martio
• april
• maio
• junio
• julio
• augusto
• septembre
• octobre
• novembre
• decembre

Italian

Noun

mense f

1. plural of mensa

Latin

Noun

m?nse

1. ablative singular of m?nsis

Anagrams

• semen