Middle English Dictionary Entry
dīnen v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | dīnen v.(2) Also dignen. |
| Etymology | OF disner, diner, digner. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To eat the first important meal of the day; also, eat, dine.
Associated quotations
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)11679 : Þe king nolde a vot bote he dinede oþer ete.
- (1370) Doc.York in Sur.Soc.35181 : In all other tyme of ye yer yai may dyne byfore none.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)7.266 : Heonnes nul I wende Er I haue I-dynet [C: y-dyned; vr. dyned] bi þis day and I-dronke boþe.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Sh.(Manly-Rickert)B.1395 : And lat vs dyne as soone as that ye may, For by my chilyndre it is pryme of day.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Sh.(Manly-Rickert)B.1413 : Lat vs heere a masse, and go we dyne!
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)7309 : Here þy messe ar þou dyne.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.1129 : Lat us dyne..And after noon maystow come ayeyn.
- (1431-6) Let.Bekynton in RS 56.1109 : On Fryday now laste, whan ye had dyned wyth me.
- (1446) Doc.in Morsbach Origurk.32 : He schall dyne or suppe there.
- c1450(a1449) Lydg.Diet.(Sln 3534)65 : Dyne not at morow byfore thyne appetite.
- a1450(a1400) Athelston (Cai 175/96)328 : It is nerhande passyd prime, And me behoues al for to dyne.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)4671 : Þei broyȝt with þem both bred and wyne..and þor þei sett þem down at dyne.
- c1450 Lydg.SPuer(1) (Lamb 853)64 : And where-so-euere þou be to digne or to suppe, Of gentilnes take salt with þi knyf.
- c1460 Ipom.(3) (Lngl 257)353/46 : Then they light down & dyned.
- 1790(1471-1472) Ordin.Househ.Edw.IV(2) (Topham)36 : A Sewar..seweth at one mele, and dyneth and soupeth at another mele.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)132/503 : I wold ye dynyd or ye yode.
2.
(a) To eat (sth.); (b) to feed (sb.).
Associated quotations
a
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)1277 : For honger our bodies waxeþ feynt..War-for, damesel..ȝyf ous sum what to dyne.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)7.247 : Ac Ich hote þe..Þat þou drynke no dai til þou haue dynet sumwhat.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)7.296 : Laborers..Deyne not to dyne a day niht-olde wortes.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)959/2 : She prayde hym to take a lytyll morsell to dyne.
- a1500(?a1400) KEdw.& S.(Cmb Ff.5.48)213 : Hit is þi will, come hom with me, A morsell for to dyne.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)120/146 : A drynk fayn wold I haue and somwhat to dyne.
b
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)3.60 : But þan þe dewe dame dineth hem [small birds] swythe.