Middle English Dictionary Entry
linẹ̄ n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | linẹ̄ n.(2) Also lignee. |
| Etymology | OF ligniee, lignee, linïe. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. line n.(1), sense 9.
1.
(a) Lineage; (b) descendants, posterity.
Associated quotations
a
- a1325 *Rwl.Statutes [OD col.] (Rwl B.520)lf.80b : Ȝif þe schirreue of þe stude were of his lignee ore þoru ani affinite ateinaunt to þilke askare or partable in his askinge.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)338 : Ioseph comen was of kyng Dauid by lynee [rime: cite].
b
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)109/1 : Iacob..praied that God wolde yeue his children lynee and generacion and multiplicacion.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)2527 : Thes remedes..were noȝt accept to God all-myȝt saue only of Iues and hor lyne [rime: thre].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1450(?c1408) Lydg.RS (Frf 16)169 : Eche [bird]…besy ben her nest to make…longe for tendure, And her lignes to sustene…Ageyn the harmys…That wynter wroughte.
Note: New spelling
Note: (b) descendants--per AS