Mynde

Part of speech: noun, verb

Definitions

1. An archaic spelling of mind, referring to the faculty of thought ; the power to recall past experiences ; a settled aim or purpose held in one's thoughts
2. An obsolete form of mind meaning the seat of reason and thinking ; recollection of things past ; a deliberate intention that guides one's actions
3. Old spelling of mind, used for the capacity to think and reason ; remembrance of something once known ; the purpose or resolve a person has in acting

Etymology: "Mynde" is simply an older spelling of "mind," and its history is the same as the modern word's. It descends from Old English "mynd" and "gemynd," meaning "memory" or "remembrance" before it came to mean the faculty of thinking, and those trace back to a Proto-Germanic form built on the root for thinking, which also gives Latin "mens" ("mind, reason") and Sanskrit "manas." The word's connections reach surprisingly far. Its relatives include Old Norse "mynd," which meant "image" or "model," and Swedish "minne," still meaning "memory." Old English also had "myntan," meaning "to intend" or "resolve," a sense that hints at how closely intending and remembering were once bound together in the same family of words. The Greek word "mantis," meaning a seer or prophet, also belongs to this family, as does "mantra," which is related to it.