amain

Meanings

Adverb

• With all of one's might; mightily; forcefully, violently.
• At full speed; also, in great haste.
• Out of control.
• Exceedingly; overmuch.

Verb

• To lower the topsail in token of surrender; to yield.

Origin

• . Main is derived from Middle English mayn, from Old English mæġen, from Proto-Germanic *maginą, *maginaz, from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-.
• + vāgīna (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wag-).