Middle English Dictionary Entry
deinǒus adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | deinǒus adj. Also deignous, deingnous, denȝous, dignous & deinious, deiȝneȝous, denious, dengious. |
| Etymology | From disdeinǒus . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. deine, deinen v.(2).
1.
Scornful, haughty, disdainful; as noun: arrogant person.
Associated quotations
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)9.175 : He is Meke of his Mouþ, Mylde of his speche..And is not dronkeleuh ne deynous [vr. deignous of speche].
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv.(Manly-Rickert)A.3941 : His name was hoten deynous [vrr. deyneȝouse, dignous] Symkyn.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.289 : Boste & deignouse pride..dos many be schent.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)17.227 : Sciences swelleth in a mannes saule, And doth hym to be deynous.
- (1402) Hoccl.Cupid (Hnt HM 744)150 : Men fynde o womman..Deynous or prowd, fulfillid of malice.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.2658 : Sche..cast it doun..With deynious chere, spekyng not a word.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.290 : Hire chere..somdel deignous was.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)3728 : What is the cause Ye ben of port so daungerous Unto this lover and deynous?
- a1450(?c1430) Lydg.DM(1) (Hnt EL 26.A.13)364 : Ȝe be deynous of condicioun.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)5.2405 : Thus kan this ladi pleyen hir paient Bi a maner of deynous mokerie.
- c1450(?a1400) Quatref.Love (Add 31042)472 : With denyvs [vr. dengyouse] damysels þer many men dele.
- c1450(?c1408) Lydg.RS (Frf 16)1502 : She the proude kan enclyne To lownesse..And the deynouse meke to be.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)15594 : I [Wrath] am, in myn Entent, Deyngnows and inpacyent.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)34a : Denȝous [Monson: Denyous], vbi prowde.
- a1500(c1435) ?Lydg.DM(2) (Lnsd 699)57/359 : Thouh deynous daungeer longe hath lad your reyn.
- a1500(a1471) Ashby APP (Cmb Mm.4.42)843 : Auoide alwaies frownyng Cowntenaunce, Being fressh, not disguised ne deyuous [read: deynous].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Chaucer TC (RwlPoet 163)2.1217 : The deinous [Benson Robinson: She…gan hire herte unfettre Out of desdaynes prison.]
Note: This will at least require some sort of gloss modification. She is in Disdain's (personification) prison. 'The deinous' probably arises out of a misreading of 'desdaynes'--i.e. 'des daynes,' where the first element might be taken for some sort of article.--per MLL
Note: Possible gloss for 'deinous': 'characterized by disdain or scorn.'--per MLL
- c1425 Mirror LM&W (Hrl 45)134/32 : Raueyne is on sixe maneres…þe sixte is…denes scherreues…and oþre mynystres of þat oon lawe.
Note: New spelling: Also..denes.
Note: ?MG
Note: Gloss: rapacious, avaricious.--per MLL