Abraham prayed for Abimelech and hismeiny [company] and God healed him, his wife and all his servants.
His store and beasts began to multiply, and Lot with his meiny was also there.
And David smote on them with his meiny [company] and slew down all that he found, and rescued his wives and all the good that they had taken, and took much more of them.
I pray thee to choose on which hand thou wilt go, and take it for thy meiny and thy beasts.
XCIX "With such good-will the margrave his king's commands obey'd, That he and all his meiny dead on this floor are laid.
XX Kriemhild the lovely with all hermeiny went, Where she the Nibelungers receiv'd with false intent.
Whate'er on Etzel's meiny had late been wrought by him, A puff was to the tempest that now to rise began; So furiously did battle the son of Aldrian.
Then thither with his meiny came Dankrat's haughty son, And thither too grim Hagan; it had been better left undone.
Death, his pale meiny choosing, dealt each his dreary dole.
III Now here, now there was busy the youthful Giselher; He and his brother Gernot each with his meiny there Right hospitable welcome to friend and stranger made, And every fitting honor to every warrior paid.
Then hasten'd Siegfried's meiny to don their warlike weed.
XXII Now before the minster the wife of Gunther stood; Meanwhile by way of pastime many a warrior good Held light and pleasant converse with many a smiling dame; When up the lovely Kriemhild with her radiant meiny came.
IX With that the smiling Kriemhild forth stepp'd a little space, And Brunhild and hermeiny greeted with gentle grace.
XLIV And now their noble meinybrought up before the gate Store of good chargers saddled; thither to swell their state Flock'd troops of foreign champions, all bearing shield in hand, All with the Rhenish brethren bound to King Etzel's land.
LVIII At once to horse good Gernot and all his meiny sprung, At once the glittering banner to the breeze was flung By the bold minstrel Folker riding in the van; So moved they on to battle, war-breathing every man.
XIII When so she saw her meiny each in his harness stand, Thus she sternly smiling bespake th' impatient band.
Queen Brunhild with her meiny was now upon her way.
As soon as they drew within earshot of Sharrkan and his meiny they cried out to them, saying, "By the virtue of John and Mary, we have won to our wish!
When brave Dankwart was come within the door, he bade King Etzel's meiny step aside.
The lordlymeiny (1) grasped each other by the hand.
Most lovingly Rudeger's daughter with her meiny went to welcome the queen.
Uta and her meiny comforted her all time, but so sorely wounded was her heart, that it booted naught, whatever comfort men did offer her.
I will hold speech with the warriors, as our need constraineth us, for our meiny lieth dead before them, undeserved.
Then hermeiny said: "Perchance it is a stranger knight.
Their noble meiny now brought saddled before the gate the many steeds, and to them came forth thee stranger knights.
Ho, how much the king's meinybare then to the kitchen!
The noble meiny no longer tarried, but rode to where they found many broad pavilions; there ample service stood ready for the guests.
Uta, the noble dame, and all her meiny mourned bitterly the stately man.
With such good will the margrave his king's commands obey'd, That he and all his meiny dead on this floor are laid.
With that the smiling Kriemhild forth stepp'd a little space, And Brunhild and her meiny greeted with gentle grace, Each with snowy fingers back her headband drew, And either kiss'd the other lovingly and true.
So to war the margrave under helmet strode; Sharpest swords his meiny brandished as they rode; Each in hand, bright-flashing, held his shield before.
Hence he the choicest of his meinysteers Thither, where he the cry and tumult hears.
Then made forthwith her meiny sound to arms, And round herself arrayed her martial swarms.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "meiny" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
