Middle English Dictionary Entry
hin n.
Entry Info
| Forms | hin n. |
| Etymology | L, from Heb. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A liquid measure, ?a little over a gallon.
Associated quotations
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ex.29.40 : With oyle..þat haue a mesour þe fourt parte of hyn, þat is, a sextary, þat is, a mesour of two pownd.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Lev.23.13 : Offrynges of wyyn þe fourþe paarte of hyn.
- a1425(c1384) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Ezek.4.11 : Thou shalt drynke water in mesure, the sixt part of hyn.