Middle English Dictionary Entry
leinen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | leinen v. Also lein(e, lain(e, lane, lene; p. lained, (error) layuit; ppl. lained, (error) layved. |
| Etymology | ON; cp. OI leyna. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To remain silent, keep a secret; conceal a fact (from sb.), hide; you ~, keep a secret for (you); (b) to conceal (sth.); hide (sth. from sb.); (c) in phrases & clauses for emphasis: nought ~, nought to (forto) ~, is nought (not) to (at) ~, in lede is nought to ~, was nought to ~, hit is not to ~, that is nought to ~, hit nedeth not to ~, the soth is nought to (forto) ~, i wil hit nought (never) ~, i mai nought (no lenger, no longer) ~, i kepe not (nought to) ~, etc., truly, indeed; (d) in proverbs & sayings.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425(?c1350) NHom.(3) Pass.(RwlPoet 175)1792 : Whare-to suld þou layne fra vs?
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)9299 : I sal you openliker sai, Qui suld i langer wit yow lain?
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)1127 : Tell me suith þat þu ne lain [Trin-C: & not layne], Qui has þu þi broþer nu slain?
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1863 : Ho..bisoȝt hym..disceuer hit neuer, Bot to lelly layne for hir lorde.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2124 : I schal swere..Þat I schal lelly yow layne & lauce neuer tale Þat euer ȝe fondet to fle for freke þat I wyst.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)580 : If ani man þe oght frayn, Luke now lely þat þou layn.
- a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Hrl 4196)68/384 : He layned & wald noght tell.
- c1440(a1400) Eglam.(Thrn)52 : Couthe þou layne [vr. leyne] Of a thyng þat I wolde to be sayne.
- c1440(?a1400) Perceval (Thrn)1294 : At þat fre gan scho frayne, Þoghe he were lefe for to layne.
- c1475(?c1425) Avow.Arth.(Tay 9:French&Hale)520 : Hit is atte þe Quene wille; Qwi schuld i layne?
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)70b : To layne: abscondere, celare, occultare..vbi to hyde.
- a1500(c1386) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)179 : Lykhame..layne þou no lenger..witere us..In worlde quat weghe þou was.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)354/48 : This forwarde must I nedys fulfill, I will no longer fro you lane [rime: bayn, frayn].
- a1500 Awntyrs Arth.(Dc 324)204 : I bare þe of my body, what bote is hit I layne [Thrn: es to lye].
b
- a1250 Ancr.(Tit D.18)111/9 : Hwase leines [Corp-C: heleð] a-ni þing, he ne seis na þing.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)2738 : Abraham..fra þe wil i noght leyne [Vsp: helle; Frf: hide; Trin-C: hele] mi priuite.
- a1400 Man sigh (BodAdd B.66)14 : Vnto þi prest telle þou þi synnes -- Non of hem loke þat þou leyne.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)244 : Much longeyng haf I for þe layned.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)3.18 : Was wyf hue were and what was hure name..layn nat yf ȝe knowen.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)7466 : Na syn..Dedly ne veniele, salle be hyd, Bot alle openly sene and nan be laynd.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.Lear (Göt Hist 740)118 : Bot if in wordys of losyngery Scho her aforces in þat her ese To hyd and layne þe suthfastnese.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)31/24 : It fell noȝt to þam..to layne Goddes myracle and his grace.
- c1425 Castle Love(2) (Eg 927)124 : And in tyme and maner skilful layne thou sothfastnes When it is noȝt lefful and nedful to say.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)419 : Layne noghte þise wordes.
- a1450(?c1343) Rolle EDormio (Cmb Dd.5.64)63/84 : I wil noght layne fra þe þat I hope may turne þe til halynes.
- a1450 Ben.Rule(2) (Vsp A.25)990 : The fift degre [of humility] es to..tel..Al our lif & nothing layne [rime: trayne].
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)13858 : Sho layuit [read: laynit] hit full long & list not to telle.
- ?a1450 Add.Mir.Virg.(Add 39996)344/7 : Sche hade layned a dedly synne.
- 1451 Tundale (Roy 17.B.43)126 : For synnes þat þe body dide, Þai myght noder be layved [read: layned] ne hyde.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1075/38 : Why layne you youre name from me?
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)772 : All that lythe in my hert..to yow I wolle not layn.
- a1500 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)p.68 : Fro Petre and othere apostles layned crist thi tresoune.
- a1500 Þis endyr day (StJ-C S.54)p.308 : He prayd me with hym to herke And hys cownsell all for to lene.
- a1605(c1422) Hoccl.Dial.(Dur-U Cosin V.3.9)16 : To my good frind not thowght I..ne my labowre from hym to hyde or leyne.
c
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)236 : Þat leuedi, nouȝt to lain, For soþe ded is sche.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)472 : In lede is nouȝt to lain, Þe hunters him biheld.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)658 : Nouȝt lain, He kneled better spede And kist rohand ful fain.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)906 : I-wisse..i wol it nouȝt layne, sum-time it hentis me wiþ hete [etc.].
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1309 : Þemperour..sente wiþ hem sondes to saxoyne..& nomen omage in his name, nouȝt forto layne.
- c1390 Susan.(Vrn)282 : Ȝit failed hit a fourteniht ful of þe ȝere, Nouht layne [vr. leyne].
- c1390 Treat.Mass (Vrn)534 : To his weuede þen wol he loute, Þe soþe is nouȝt to leyn.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)5281 : In mister sir, i mai noght lain, I wad [read: was] don þar i suffurd pain.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)7113 : In a lyoun mouþ he fande was slayne a bike of bes, ys noȝt atte layne.
- c1400 St.Anne(1) (Min-U Z.822.N.81)1668 : Ȝeon frendes grett presandes sent To þam was noȝt to layn.
- c1400 St.Anne(1) (Min-U Z.822.N.81)2220 : My wysdom..& mayne All togyder..Of my fader hyder sent For soth es noȝt to layne.
- a1425(?a1350) Nicod.(1) (Glb E.9)233 : When herod died, es noght at layn..till ȝowre cuntre ȝe come ogayn.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)25122 : Certes I mai wepe, es noȝ to laine.
- c1440(a1400) Awntyrs Arth.(Thrn)83 : Thare come a lowe one the loughe, in lede es noghte to layne.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)2398 : Here es a knyghte..That I haue cowayte to knawe..That es [of] Lorayne þe lege, I kepe noghte to layne.
- c1440(?a1400) Perceval (Thrn)515 : Forsothe, is noȝte to layne I am one of thaa.
- c1440(?a1400) Perceval (Thrn)834 : It is not to layne, Men tolde me þat þou was slayne.
- c1440(?a1400) Perceval (Thrn)1940 : Þan kist i þat lady -- I will it neuer layne.
- a1450(a1400) Athelston (Cai 175/96)118 : Þey fare weel, is nouȝt to layne.
- a1450 Ben.Rule(2) (Vsp A.25)1179 : We wold hym loute, es not at layn.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)62/187 : Sertis..I may no lengar layne, Thy-selfe shulde bide þat bittir brayde.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)272/53 : Yha..it nedith not to layne, All ladise we coveyte..to be kyssed and clappid.
- c1450(?a1400) Quatref.Love (Add 31042)270 : Þe sothe es noghte for to layne, When þay were broghte owt of payne.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)2235 : The erth opynd, yt is not to layn.
- ?c1450 This present (Nott Me.LM1)21 : Euery creatur..Shuld hym remembre..John Harpur, noght to leyn.
- a1475 In place (Hrl 3954)152 : Euery lyth fro oþer was drawe; Þat is nout to layne.
- a1500(?a1400) Morte Arth.(2) (Hrl 2252)1026 : Most in this world, is not to layne, She lovid launcelot du lake.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)45/169 : I may no longer layn, sich will is into myne hart went.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)170/146 : I kepe not layn, truly, Syn thay cam by you last, An othere way in hy thay soght, & that full fast.
- a1500 Bevis (Cmb Ff.2.38)190/4001 : He sende aftur hyt, hyt ys not to layn.
d
- a1400 Cato(3) (Frf 14)220 : Worde laynis maners.
- a1400 Prov.Wisd.(Bod 9)45 : Sey nat al þat þou kan; Love ryȝt wel and layn! Prove wel or þou pleyn!
- c1475(?c1425) Avow.Arth.(Tay 9:French&Hale)1113 : Mete laynes mony lakke.