Middle English Dictionary Entry
loine n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | loine n.(1) Also line, loni, lei(e)n, longe & (blended with lende n.) loinde. |
| Etymology | OF loigne, longne, longe. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Usually pl. The loins; the back muscles of this area; ~ filettes, the loin muscles; ?also, the tendons along the spine; (b) sg. & pl. the loin or loins of an animal used for food; ~ brede, a loin roast.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)58b/a : Þe place þat is in þe sydes of þe ioyntes of þe rigge..hatte þe loynes & ben I-clepid lumby in latyn.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)91a/a : Ache in lendes & loynes & of þe lift flanke and smale ribbes..puttiþ doun mete & drinke to þe bottome of þe stomake.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)51a/a : After þe lengþe off þe necke, þere ben seuene spondiles; and aftir þe lengþe off þe schuldres, xij spondiles; and after þe lengþe off þe loines, v spondiles; and after þe bone off sacrum os, iiij spondiles.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)51a/b : Neþeles in þe side of þe spondiles of þe backe aforseide, after þe lengþe off þe backe, þer is summe maner musculous fleische lyinge; and þei ben as it were a matras to þe sinewes, þe whiche be cleped in comune speche longe [*Ch.(1): longe filettez or paxwax; *Ch.(2): loynes; L que vulgariter longe appellantur].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)64a/b : Þe loynes [*Ch.(2): lynes; *Ch.(1): lendes; L lumbi] ben behynde þe Reynes beside þe spondiles, vppon þe whiche þey lyen as on her matras.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)13/18 : Who þat hauyþ yuel or ache on his loyndys. Take a schille ful of wos of betoyne and a schille ful of wyn, [etc.].
b
- a1350 Flem.Insur.(Hrl 2253)69 : We shule flo þe Conyng, & make roste is loyne.
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.32 : Take loynes of Pork rawe and fle of the skyn, and pryk it wel with a knyf, and lay it in the sawse; roost þerof what þu wilt..The Loyne of the Pork is fro the hippe boon to the hede.
- c1425 Twiti Venery(1) (Vsp B.12)153 : Whan the hare is take..ye shul yef to your houndes the halow..and the loyne [F loigne] shal to kechonne.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)312 : Loyne of flesche [Win: lony]: Lumbus, elumbus.
- a1475 *Hrl.Diseases Hawk A (Hrl 2340)34a : Lat hyr hete þe loyne brede of the moton all þe whyle þat sche is stoppyd.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)107/230 : I haue here in my mayll..All a hare bot the lonys.
- a1500 Sln.521 Recipes (Sln 521)141/8 : Take a fatte loyne of ueel and rost it.
- (1484) Doc.Cely in ES 42 (PRO C.47/37 File 12, f.42)p.134 : Payd for a leyen of moton and a leyn of feyell.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (BodeMus 187:Harvey)f.26r (2.4) : Reyns propurly ar two menbres in best..lyand in þe first ende of þe lendes, s. in þe ouer party of þe lendes, s. in þe lonye.
Note: New spelling: lonye. Editor's note: "lonye: 'the loin(s).' The spelling with -ny- may reflect the Old French etymon loigne, with a palatalized n. Cf. the form loni given in MED, s.v. loine (n.(1)). Other witnesses spell the word as loyne (CgHG) or leyne (Sc)."
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. loin.