Middle English Dictionary Entry
hine pron.
Entry Info
| Forms | hine pron. Also in(e, hin. |
| Etymology | OE hine pron. acc. sg. masc. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. he pron.(1).
1.
With male human or animal referent: (a) as object of a verb, subject or object of an infinitive: him; (b) as object of a preposition: him; (c) as reflexive object: himself; (d) used in impersonal constructions to replace him as dative of interest, etc.
Associated quotations
a
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1069 : Her man wrægde þone biscop..& sende hine to Westmynstre.
- a1131 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1127 : Se kyng of France..iæf hine þone eorldom.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)9/5 : Nim ladsar..and galpanj..and ȝeot on þæs seocys mannes eare and læt hyne liggen.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)6/22 : Ðu isihst hine biduppen on ðam watere.
- c1225 Body & S.(2) (Wor F.174)2/34 : Mon hine met mid one ȝerde.
- a1225(OE) Vsp.A.Hom.Init.Creat.(Vsp A.22)229 : Þah al mennisc were ȝegadered, ne michti hi alle hin [Christ] acwelle.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1809 : Geomagog..was þe heihste, Godes wiðer-saka; þe wrse hine [Otho: ine] luuede.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)10275 : Bruttes..ofte hine a-bæileden [Otho: him wiþ-stode].
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)109 : Eft-sone ure helende aros alse sunne þo þe ure lafdi Seinte Marie hin kennede.
- a1200 PMor.(Trin-C B.14.52)110 : For non ne cnoweð hine [Eg.(1): him] alse wel buten one drihte.
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)37/13 : Þe uorme, ȝif a mon is god, preiseð hine [Corp-C: him] bi uoren him sulf.
- c1275 Ken.Serm.(LdMisc 471)214/10 : Þo þrie kinges of heþenesse..wolden gon for to hyne an-uri.
- c1275 Ken.Serm.(LdMisc 471)215/27 : Al swo hi hedden i-fonden ure louerd, swo hin an-urede and him offrede hire offrendes.
- a1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)27 : Þe holy gost hyne ledde vp in-to þe wolde.
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)465 : Þis breþren nimeþ Beniamin, & forþ hi hine ledeþ.
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)1028 : A palmere he þar mette, & faire hine [Ld: hym; Hrl: hyne] grette.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3004 : Sei him [Pharaoh], if min folc ne mote gon, fleges kin sal hin ouer-gon.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3887 : xxx daiges ðat folc in [Aaron] wep Wið bedes and gret and teres wep.
- a1325(?c1300) NPass.(Cmb Gg.1.1)261 : Iudas he makid a-non þe crie..Iesu ansswered hinn iwisse.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)81/54 : Þar wytnesses false and fele By-lowen hyne for hate.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)31/23 : Vor huanne þe dyeuel uynt þane man ydel, he hine [Vices & V.(2): him] deþ to worke.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)51/17 : He [the glutton] becomþ..þyef, and þanne me hine anhongeþ.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)75/29 : Þe hare..vlyȝþ; þe oþer [the grayhound] hyne dryfþ.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)38.374 : This day sawh I..on Alon that with Fereyn, the stowte Ieaunt, I saw hyn fyhten.
b
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1119 : Manega him to gebugen & wið hine accordedan.
- ?a1150 Chron.Tbr.B.1 (Tbr B.1)an.1066 : Þa com Harold Engla chinge ofer þere brigge & hys furde forð mid hine.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)47 : Hise word, ðat is, hise wise sune, ðe was of hin fer ear bi-foren Or ani werldes time boren.
- c1330 Degare (Auch)913 : Al mi lond Ich wil þe ȝiue into þin hond..Ȝif þou miȝt wreke me of hine.
c
- a1150(?OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)66/30 : Þæt hine uneaðe ænig riht gelefed mann mid þan heofonlicen kinges tacne gebletsigen mote.
- c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Dom.Quadr.(Bod 343)46/24 : Swa longe swa Adam hine forhæfde..he wunode on neorexnæwonges ifean.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)2/7 : Moyses..twa niht hine reste.
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.VA (Lamb 487)105 : Þet þe leawde mon hine halde butan forliȝere.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)640 : He tah hine [Otho: him] aȝein ane þrowe & þreateð þene castel.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)7/22 : An þeruore me ssel hine loky [Vices & V.(2): kepe him] and ureþie zo holyliche.
d
- a1131 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1127 : Wæs se eorl Karle..ofslagen on ane circe þær he læi & bæd hine to Gode.
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.VA (Lamb 487)115 : He [the king] scal hine ibidan on a-sette ridan [read: tidan].
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)670 : Brutus hine bi-þohte of swlchere neode.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)471 : Vor he mot hine [Jes-O: him] fulwel biþenche Þat is aferd of plaites wrenche.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)890 : Þan gode ich fulste to longinge, Vor þan hin [Jes-O: him] longeþ ich him singe.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)211/1 : God..hin went þet yeare þet he hit ne yhiere.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)3574 : To liue on lyue trauayle hin [Vsp: him] þink.
2.
As object of a verb and with a thing as referent: it.
Associated quotations
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1102 : Se cyng..besæt þone castel..ac..he hine swa hraðe gewinnan ne mihte.
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1115 : On þison geare sænde se papa Paschalis..pallium hider to lande..Hine brohte Ansealm abb. of Rome.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)110/13 : Crist wolde her..sceawen his aȝene ansyne..swa þrymlice swa hine alle haliȝe..iseon sceolden.
- c1225 Body & S.(2) (Wor F.174)4/19 : Þin muþ is betuned..[Dea]þ hine haueþ bituned.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)23 : Þa men þe beoð in þe castel and hin ȝemeð.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)234 : In Albe Lingue he [Ascanius] hine [an idol] sette.
- c1275 LSSerm.(Clg A.9)38 : Loȝe heo holdet hore galun, mid berme heo hine fulleþ.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)680 : Her is to red wo hine [Jes-O: hyne] kon.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1374 : Alswa hit is bi mine songe; þah heo beo god, me hine mai misfonge.
- c1300 SLeg.Brendan (Hrl 2277:Wright)p.30 : And mi deth ich abide her, whan hyne [Ld: god it] wole me sende.
- a1350 Horn (Hrl 2253)1195 : Horn by gan..me preȝe to gon wiþ þe rynge..wel ofte he hyne [Cmb: hit] keste.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)81/57 : In þane nekke hy hene smyte, Bonden hys honden of myȝtte.
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