Middle English Dictionary Entry
dine n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | dine n.(1) Also dune, deon(e, doene, done, duene, & den(e & din(ne. |
| Etymology | OE dyne |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A loud noise, a reverberation; continued noise, clamor, din; (b) a sound; (c) withouten ~, without noise or sound; quiet(ly, silent(ly, noiseless(ly.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)15963 : Þa comen ut þas tweien draken, And muchel dunen [Otho: dune] makeden.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)117 : Þo com a dine of heuene, ase þeh it were to kidende þat þe holi gost com uppen þe apostles.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)1998 : An engel..draf þerto dunriht as an þunres dune.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3467 : Ai was moses one in ðis dine.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.415 : In þe hider side in a chene þow schalt here a wonder dene.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)18.62 : Ded men for that dyne [vr. dene; C: deon; vrr. deone, dene, done] come out of depe graues.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)21.128 : Ayþer axed oþer..Of þe deone [vr. doene] and deorknesse.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)79 : Clappe, or grete dynne: Strepitus, frangor.
- a1450(?c1343) Rolle EDormio (Cmb Dd.5.64)69/275 : Contemplatif lyfe..lufes to be anely, withowten ryngyng or dyn.
- c1450 Swarte smekyd (Arun 292)2 : Swarte smekyd smeþes..Dryue me to deth wyth den of here dyntes. Swech noys on nyghtes ne herd men neuer.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)36a : To make Dyn:..perstrepere, sonare, resonare.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 2250)10083 : Þo Holy Gost send was..with sowene & dyn þer in þat plaas & tonges of fir.
b
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)646 : Ðat wirm..wor so of godes word if [read: is] dine, ne dar he stiren, ne noman deren.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)41.5 : I sal fare..In steuen of gladschip and ofe schrifte Dine of etand þat es swifte [L sonus epulantis].
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1183 : He herde A littel dyn at his dor..Hit watz þe ladi..Þat droȝ þe dor after hir ful dernly and stylle.
- (1449) Metham AC (Gar 141)1430 : But off the dene off hys steede this dragon gan awake.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)274 : Sone he [Argus] dressit to his dede & no dyn made, And made vp a mekyll ship.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)5976 : Þe harpe when he myȝt here, þe sprett. Suld haue no grett powere to dere hym for þat dyne.
c
- a1400 Alle-mighty god in trinitie (Roy 17.B.17)529 : Synne woundes þi soule with-outen dynne.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1308 : Ho dos hir forth at þe dore withouten dyn more.
- c1400 St.Anne(1) (Min-U Z.822.N.81)78 : Ylk man redy with hys offerande Dressed hym withouten dyn.
- a1450 Ben.Rule(2) (Vsp A.25)1666 : Ordan..honest place..Whor þai may it [?read: sit] with-outyn dyn.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)228/27 : They that there-in beþ i-beried are withoute dynne.
2.
(a) Shouting, uproar; boisterous merriment, lamentation, etc.; (b) be pes your ~, doth awei your ~, let ben thi ~, leve (of) thi ~, etc., be quiet, shut up.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)30843 : Dremeden drunkene men; dune wes on folks.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)72 : Bifore gilbertes house þe Noyse was onder-ȝite..to þe dore he orn swyþe þe dune [vrr. dene, dyne] for-to i-seo.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)1860 : Þo bigan gret dine to rise.
- ?c1335 Þe grace of ihu (Hrl 913)158 : Al þe fendis þat beþ in hel, Wiþ grete din hi wol com þan.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)3432 : Out of þe cite þai ben y-go Wiþ gret noise & din [Cai: booste] also.
- c1390 NHom.Narrat.(Vrn)261/183 : He wol make no dune ne ȝelpe.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)3.217 : Drede stod at þe dore and al þat duene [vrr. dene, deon, done, dune] herde.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)47 : Þe fest watz ilyche ful fiften dayes..Dere dyn vpon day, daunsyng on nyȝtes.
- a1425 Arth.& M.(LinI 150)1037 : He..gan to crye wiþ loud deone.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)5880 : The Gregeis made a rewful dune.
- (1440) *Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)2099 : But cryed with dene aloude in to the sky.
- a1450 The tixt of holy writ (Dgb 102)164 : God answerd wiþ mylde soun: 'fflesch,' he sayde, 'þou iangelest fast, Moche dene and no resoun.'
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)248 : Þan was wepyng & wo..With loude dyn & dit for doil of hym one.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)1347 : Of the dite & þe dyn was dole to be-holde.
- c1425 Wycl.Antichr.(2) (Dub 245)p.cxxix : Þere chaumburleyns shal be redy..to kepe þe chaumbur & halle of noyse & dyn.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)141/1 : Þo þat to whome were no reson ne kynde for to praye myȝt haue cause for to rore, crye, and to make dynne.
b
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)862 : Dotz away yor derf dyn, and derez never my gestes.
- c1400 St.Anne(1) (Min-U Z.822.N.81)765 : I trow ȝou not. Lefe ȝour dyn [rime: syn, within, gyn].
- c1400 St.Anne(1) (Min-U Z.822.N.81)1504 : Leue mary, leue þi dyn.
- a1425(?a1350) Nicod.(1) (Glb E.9)225 : 'Ihesus, lat be þi dyn!' said all þe iews on raw.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)142/148 : Leue Mary..I pray þe, leue of thy dynne [rime: wynne].
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)386/234 : Þou wikid feende, latte be thy dynne!
- c1455 Spec.Miser.(Tak 32)627 : Syhtthe god for yaf acab his synne..Why wolt thow nowt leve thy dyne?
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)9/3 : Be peasse youre dyn, my master bad.