maner

See also: Maner, mâner, Mâner, and måner

English

Etymology 1

Noun

maner (plural maners)

1. Obsolete form of manner.
   • 1603, Plutarch, “The Contradictions of Stociek philoſophers”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC, page 1068:

     Thoſe teachers that be of the wiſer ſort, cal for their ſchoolage and minervals of their ſcholars, not all after one maner, but diverſly: a number of them, according as the preſent occaſion requireth, who promiſe not to make them wiſe men, and that within a yeere; […]

Etymology 2

Noun

maner (plural maners)

1. Obsolete form of manor.

Danish

Noun

maner c

1. indefinite plural of man

Verb

maner

1. present of mane

Latin

Verb

māner

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of mānō

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French manoir, from Latin manēre (“to stay”).

Alternative forms

• manour, manayre, manere, manoir, manoire, maneer, manoyre, manar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manˈɛːr/, /ˈmanər/, /manˈuːr/

Noun

maner (plural maneres)

2. A manorial estate or property; a manor.
3. A mansion; the house on such an estate.
4. (figurative, Late Middle English, rare) Any dwelling or abode.

Descendants

• English: manor
• Scots: maner
• → Middle Irish: mainér
  • Irish: mainéar

References

• “manē̆r, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-21.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman manere, from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin manuāria, from manuarius.

Alternative forms

• manere, maneere, manur, manyere, maynere, manieir (all but the first are relatively rare)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manˈɛːr(ə)/, /ˈmanər(ə)/, /maːnˈɛːr(ə)/, /ˈmaːnər(ə)/

Noun

maner (plural maneres or maner)

2. The manner, way, fashion or method in which something is done or performed:
   1. The usual practice or custom of someone; that which one is wont to do.
   2. One's behaviour or actions; manners, especially if commendable.
   3. A group of people's customs, practices, or traditions.
   4. A moral code or precept; guidelines or recommendations.
3. A sort, kind, or group; an ethnicity or people.
4. A genre, format, or variety of art or literature.
5. The characteristics, state, composition or structure of something; its innate nature.
6. The situation or conditions surrounding an event.
7. Temperance; withholding oneself from excess.
8. Justification; reason, basis, cause.
9. (rare) A provision; a statement depending on a condition.
10. (rare) A restriction or bound.

Derived terms

• manered
• manerly

Descendants

• English: manner
• Scots: mainer

References

• “manē̆r(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-21.

Determiner

maner

1. (in Wycliffe) some specifically, certain, these

References

• “manē̆r(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-21.

Welsh

Noun

maner

1. Nasal mutation of baner.