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Thread #163880   Message #3914726
Posted By: GUEST,Mick Pearce (MCP)
02-Apr-18 - 12:23 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Gosforth's Fair Demesne (Kevin Mitchell)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Sang the Sweet Refrain
desmesne.

"Middle English: from Old French demeine (later Anglo-Norman French demesne) ‘belonging to a lord’, from Latin dominicus, from dominus ‘lord, master’. Compare with domain."

According to OED pronouncing it as "di-main" or "di-mean" would both be acceptable.

Mick