Middle English Dictionary Entry
haine n.
Entry Info
| Forms | haine n. Also heine. |
| Etymology | OF häin, from Gmc. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Hatred; ?also, wickedness; haven in ~, to hate (sb.).
Associated quotations
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)135 : The sawe is cleped hayne [F Haine], Bi which disioynct is ysawed the onhede of bretherhede.
- c1460 Chaucer CT.CY.(RwlPoet 149)G.1319 : Of his cursed heyne [Heng: He slyly took it out, this cursed heyne, Vnwityng this preest of his false craft].
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)4/102 : Envye..commendeth nought his reson that he hath in hayne, be it never so trusty.
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)32/43 : To make hertes to murmure ayenst my persone, to have me in hayne withouten any cause.