Middle English Dictionary Entry
endeinen v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | endeinen v.(1) Also in-. |
| Etymology | OF endeignier, from L indignāri. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To be or become displeased or indignant, to take offence.
Associated quotations
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Is.57.6 : Whether vp on these thingus I shal not endeyne.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Job 32.2 : Elyu..ys wroth, and endeyned [WB(2): hadde indignacioun].
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)3 Kings 21.4 : Thanne Achab cam into his hows, endeynynge, and grutchynge vpon the word that Naboth Jezraelite hadde spoken to hym.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Gen.18.30 : Y biseche thee, he seith, ne indeyne thow [WB(2): take thou not to indignacioun.]