Middle English Dictionary Entry
dwīnen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | dwīnen v. Also dewinen, dowinen. P.ppl. dwined, dwine. |
| Etymology | OE dwīnan |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To shrink, dwindle; languish, pine; ~ awei, waste or pine away; (b) of plants: to fade, wither, die; also fig.; ~ awei, wither up; pass away, vanish.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)108.82/3 : Þane dwineþ seo wambe sona.
- c1330 Orfeo (Auch)261 : Al his bodi was oway duine [Hrl: dwyned].
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)578 : Duelfulli sche dwined a-waie boþe dayes & niȝtes.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Ps.118.139 : My looue made me to dwynnen [vr. dwyne, dwynen; L tabescere] for myn enemys han forȝete thi woordis.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)11 : I dewyne, fordolked of luf-daungere.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)326 : Demez þou me..To dol agayn, þenne I dowyne.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)6.96 : So wole they [the testicles] dwyne away that shulde engender.
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)35/30 : She dwyned awey that there laft no thinge on her saue the bones.
- a1500(c1386) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)294 : Þer sittes my soule..Dwynande in þe derke dethe.
- 1532(?a1400) RRose (Thynne)360 : Al woxen was her body unwelde, And drie and dwyned al for elde.
b
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)23695 : Flurs..wit sere colurs þat neuermar sal dime ne duine.
- c1400 Daniel *Herbal (Arun 42)f.73r : In þe launchyng, at here nauelys growyn out floures whitissh; þo fadyn & dwynyn & formyn lik smale phyols or cruettys and waxin into pottys, some of quarte, some of galon, some more, some lesse.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)707 : A flour þat..Welkes and dwynes til it be noght.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.34 : Seed þat..growiþ not depe in þe erþe comeþ above þe erþe soone, but it dwyneþ anoon.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)135/4 : Treesse..þe whilk..growe..vnto it be midday, and þan begynne þai to dwyne and turne agayne in to þe erthe.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)134 : Dwynyn a-wey: Evaneo, evanesco.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)3.75 : Tender grapes..That..sunnest wold asslake And dwyne awey [L citius deflorescunt].
- a1500(?c1414) ?Brampton PPs.(1) (Sln 1853)p.32 : As gres in medewe I drye and dwyne [L arui].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1440(a1400) Awntyrs Arth.(Thrn)184 : In dawngere and dole I downe and I duelle, Nasty and nedfulle and nakede one nyghte.
Note: New spelling: Sg. 1: downe.
Note: Belongs to sense (a).--notes per MLL
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (BodeMus 187:Harvey)f.27v (2.4) : Oyþer it seiþ þe frenesy or it seiþ mortificacioun of kynd hete be cause þat þe substancial humidite is consumpte & dwynede awaye.
Note: Need date, sense (a).