Middle English Dictionary Entry
inne prep.
Entry Info
Forms | inne prep. Also jnne, inna, (error) uine. |
Etymology | OE inne adv. & prep. Meanings show influence of ME in . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. in prep.
1.
(a) Inside (an area, a place, person, etc.), within; surrounded by (air); (b) into (a place, space, body); (c) in or into (clothing, shoes, etc.); (d) in or into (a situation or condition); (e) among (a group); (f) mixed in with (sth.), forming part of (sth.).
Associated quotations
a
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1070 : An mycel storm..to dræfede ealle þa scipe þær þa gersumes wæron inne.
- (1155) Chart.Hen.II in Hall EME (Hrl Charter 3.B.49)12 : On þan sciran þe teobalt ercebisceop & se hiret..habbad land inne.
- c1225 Body & S.(2) (Wor F.174)2/1 : Þeo hwule þet ic wunede inne þe?
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.DD (Lamb 487)43 : He him sceawede and [read: ane] stude inne midde-warðe helle.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)16975 : Þa wes inne [Otho: in] Kærlium a biscop þe hahte Tremoriun.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)30475 : Heo wunede i Winchæstre inne þa castle.
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)13/9 : Þet tu þe vour morȝiuen ȝiue ham inne [Corp-C: in] heouene.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)762 : Paniers dede he make..to beren fish inne.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)8481 : A gyn þat me sowe clupeþ hii made..Muche folc Inne vor to be.
- c1330 SMChron.(Auch)1471 : Com þe king of danmak..Al Inglond to winne & sle þat þer wer uine [?read: inne].
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)203/34 : Þer ne may go oute..bote zuych ase þer is inne.
- (c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3193 : Yet fel he for his synne Doun in to helle where as he yet is inne.
- c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)221 : I be-seche þe..þat..wustest daniel in þe put þat he was inne I-worpe.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)1.163 : As lewid as a laumpe þat no liȝt is inne [Ing: withInne].
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)290 : Al schal doun and be ded..Þat ever I sette saule inne.
- (1405) Doc.in Flasdieck Origurk.41 : No maner of wrek be remewed..out of the place that it is founden jnne.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.6592 : Þe cite whiche þei ben Inne Is wallid strong and tourid rounde aboute.
- (1424) EEWills56/16 : Þe costers..seruen for my chambre I lye Inne atte Okeham.
- a1425(c1300) NHom.(1) Dom.infra Nativ.(Cmb Gg.5.31)p.75 : Seynt Symeon..That had the haly gaste hym ynne.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)1.pr.6.10 : Wenestow that ther be inne it [the world] ony governement of resoun?
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)136b/b : Þe pacient schal be clisterd wiþ oile þat cummyne and ameos and amonium ben decocte inne, meddeld wiþ a litil salte.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)144b/b : Ȝif þe eyre þat þe pacyent is inne be not good, make hym to chaunge to a beter eyre.
- (1432) RParl.4.406a : The hedes of the Vesselx which it is ynne be doo smyte oute.
- a1450(a1387) PPl.A(2) (RwlPoet 137)12.41 : She wolde me wisse wher þe toun were Kynde [wit]..hure cosyn was Inne.
- c1475(?c1425) Avow.Arth.(Tay 9:French&Hale)980 : Þo þat giffus hom to þe ille..No luffe will inne hom lenge.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)50 : The Emperour had no place to abide ynne.
b
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)11/29 : Wring þanne garleyc inne þa earre alche dæȝ.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)3530 : Beþþleæm..bitacneþþ Þatt hus þatt bræd iss inne don.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)33 : Ne kimeð he nefre inne heoueneriche.
- a1225(?OE) Vsp.A.Hom.(Vsp A.22)241 : Þis corn con [read: com] ferst inne bethleem..hit wex..in iudea, hit ripede in ierusalem.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)683 : A baþ þai brouȝt rohand inne.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)7.291 : Þo nolde..no Beggere eten Bred þat Benes Inne coome.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)142b/a : It is a dredfulle place to maken enye insciciouns inne.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)161a/b : He made his bocche summe tyme to sinke inne aȝeine.
- c1475(a1400) Amadace (Tay 9)p.36 : Lette the cors go inne his graue.
c
- a1300 Leuedi sainte (Add 27909)42 : Ic habbe ibeo..inne wel sittende schon in pruttere iwede.
- c1330 St.Greg.(Auch)51/133 : A cloþ of silk sche wond him inne.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1712 : Sche a-wayted wel þe white bere skinnes þat loueli were & large to lappen inne hire frendes.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.41 : And eek in what array that they were inne.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)169 : Wich arn þenne þy wedez þou wrappez þe inne?
- c1405 Chaucer CT.CY.(Elsm)G.880-1 : A sheete Which þat they myghte wrappe hem Inne at nyght, And a brat to walken Inne by day lyght.
d
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)14781 : Þewwdomess bandess Þatt Faraon..Hemm haffde worrpenn inne.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)19036 : Þiss Crisstenndomess lif Þatt Cristess hird iss inne.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)21 : Gif he bidðed [read: biddeð] inna þa sunne and in þon þonke, he is al for-loren.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.DD (Lamb 487)43 : Prud heo wes swiðe..and forði heo bið wuniende inne þisse pine.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)20/169 : Leaue alle þe lahen þet tu list inne.
- a1250 Cristes milde moder (Nero A.14)37 : Godes riche..Þer bloweð inne blisse blostmen hwite and reade.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)902 : Þe syknesse of maldeflanke..for þe care þat he was Inne wel þe worse him nam.
- c1330 Why werre (Auch)463 : The wo that we beth inne.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)2/46 : On [laddre] þer his þat iakob iseiȝe Þer he sleppe inne hys reste.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1662 : Þei..telden hire trewli what tent þei were inne.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.5941 : Echon of hem..Was torned into briddes kinde; Diverseliche..After thastat that thei were inne.
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)4051 : Of þo periles þat he was Inne, Sumwhat to telle I shal bigynne.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)656 : Þe gyltez felle Þat Adam wyth inne deth vus drounde.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2509 : Þis is þe token of vn-trawþe þat I am tan inne.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.851 : This is the righte lif that I am inne.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.222 : Poul meneþ bi þis sleep synne þat foolis lyven ynne.
- c1475(?c1425) Avow.Arth.(Tay 9:French&Hale)463 : Þe knyȝte..his trauthe pliȝte Inne saue-ward þat byurde..To Carlele to bringe.
- c1450 Chaucer LGW (Frf 16)1981 : Eke his pore estate that he ys ynne.
- (1458) Will York in Sur.Soc.30224 : An obligacon that thai were boundon inne unto sir Thomas Rempston.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.193/19 : And ffor defawte of warantizyng..þe saide chanons harmys or expensis renne ynne.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)31/56 : Ȝe may come to þat blysse þat hym self is inne.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.16.10a : Þat stat whilke þou hast taken..is best to þe..for to trauaille inne.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)3.85 : Bringe hem out of bondage þat þey were brouȝth inne.
- a1500 In the lende (BodHrn 42)18 : By stryff & gret dyvysyon Þat Englysshe peple schall falle Inne.
e
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.177 : Þe olde Graii..gat many þinges by clergie..but þat vertue keleþ and wiþ drowe ynne ham þat com afterward.
f
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.565 : Ther wol noman drinke of tho welles Whiche as he wot is puyson inne.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)185/7 : In medicyns þat ben cantarides ynne, þei wolen make a greet brennyng.
2.
Within (a period of time), during (a time, event, etc.); at (a certain point of time).
Associated quotations
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)214 : Eneas..in Troie for-leas [Creusa] inne þane fehte.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)387 : Hit ilomp inne lut ȝere [Otho: ine feue ȝere] þat þe fader wes dead.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)9177 : Þat houre þat he cursed hem ynne, Þe same oure þey ȝede atwynne.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.657 : This were a weder for to slepen inne.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)218 : I yeve to the day for to wake ynne..nyght for to Reste the in.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)18 : Ye haue the houre..that I was ynne conceyved.
3.
Misc. senses: (a) in (a group or institution); (b) in the form of (sth.); (c) on (a surface for writing or painting); (d) at or on (the road); (e) with regard to (sth.), in the matter of, associated with; (f) dependent on (sth.); (g) haven bileve ~, leven ~, to believe in (sb.); (h) ~ smal, retail; (i) enden ~, to sleep with (a woman).
Associated quotations
a
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)91 : Ierusalem..bitocneð holie chirche þer bileffulle men inne beð sehte.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)141 : Þat holi godspel þe men ræd inne holie chireche.
b
- (c1460) Bk.Arms in Anc.5 (Hrl 2169)182 : Port de goulys tres jaumbis inne sayle eprone dore..The armys of the Ile of Man.
c
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)11 : Godes heste wes iwriten inne þa table.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)13 : Souen laȝe weren iwriten alswa sunderliche inna oðre..table.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.27 : Mappa mundi..þat is þe cloþe þat þe schap of þe worlde wide is i-peynted ynne.
d
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)3 : Under þa assa fet þer drihten rad inne þe weye.
e
- a1300 Leuedi sainte (Add 27909)41 : Inne mete & inne drinke ic habbe ibeo ouerdede.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.1868 : For betre it were honour to winne Than love, which likinge is inne.
f
- c1475(?c1425) Avow.Arth.(Tay 9:French&Hale)522 : My dethe and my lyfe Is inne þe wille of þi wife.
g
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)110/26 : Þei maken ymages lych to þo thinges þat þei han beleeue jnne.
- c1450(c1350) Alex.& D.(Bod 264)597 : For love of þe Lord þat we leven inne.
h
- (1419-20) Grocer Lond.in Bk.Lond.E.202/234 : No maner Off Man..sende..sotyll ware..To Retayle hit Inne small, But at Feyrys.
i
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)7374 : Ȝyf he with a woman synne, Þat sum of hys kyn haþ endyd ynne, Þat ys to sey, haþ ley here by.