Middle English Dictionary Entry
hiēne n.
Entry Info
| Forms | hiēne n. Also hiena, hienie, yenie, hiane, iana, heiene & (?errors) hieme, yeme, hine. |
| Etymology | ML hiēna & OF hïene, hyüane; cp. CL hyaena. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The hyena.
Associated quotations
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)61/24 : Þet is þe felliste best þet me clepeþ hyane, þet ondelfþ þe bodies of dyademen and hise eteþ.
- c1390(c1350) NHom.(2) PSanct.(Vrn)96/333 : Iana is a best felle..þat diggeþ vp dede men.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)288b/b : Hiena is a cruel beste liche to þe wolf in deuourynge and glotonye..In affrica beþ many hynes [Tol: hienes; L hienas].
- ?c1425(c1390) Chaucer Fort.(Benson-Robinson)35 : Thee nedeth nat the galle of noon hyene [rime: bitwene].
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)10.43 : Thyn hopur clothe hienys [L hyaenae] skyn.
- a1450 Dc.291 Lapid.(Dc 291)p.36 : Hyeme is a stone þat a beest þat hight yeme [?read: yenie] berith.
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)59/15 : Þat is þe felle and wikkede best þat men clepeþ heyene, þat goþ and delueþ vp dede bodies of folke and eteþ hem.
- a1500 Peterb.Lapid.(Peterb 33)p.92 : A best..wiche is clepide hieme [?read: hienie].