Middle English Dictionary Entry
dēnīe n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | dēnīe n.(1) |
| Etymology | OF doiennée, dené, deanie. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The office or seat of a dēn (q.v.).
Associated quotations
- [ (c1290) Britton 1 (Lamb 403)p.317 : Dene ou thresorie ou chaunterie. ]
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)42/7 : Þe hy..byeþ ichose to dyngnetes of holi cherche, ase byeþ bissopriches, abbayes, oþer denyes.
- (1449) RParl.5.154a : Whereas oon William Gerveis, by the coloure of a patente terme of lyfe..rideth and gothe to divers Abbayes, Priories, Denys, [etc.].