Middle English Dictionary Entry
loine n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | loine n.(2) Also loigne & (?distorted for rime) luine, lune. |
| Etymology | OF longe, loigne. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A length of cord, or thong of leather, used as a leash or fetter; (b) hawk. the leash of a hawk; pl.?jesses.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)3882 : I see..That the loigne [F longe] it is so long, Of Bialacoil, hertis to lure, In Loves servyse for to endure, Drawyng suche folk hym to.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)7050 : Whether so that he loure or groyne, He shal have of a corde a loigne, With whiche men shal hym bynde and lede.
- c1450 The more I (Frf 16)p.263 : Is thys fortune, not I, or infortune? Though I go lowse, tyed am I with a Lune [vrr. loyne, loynne, loygne].
- c1475(?a1449) ?Lydg.Tied (Hrl 2251)14 : Is this fortune, or is it infortune? Though I go loose, I teyed am with a luyne.
- 1607(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hrl 2124)141/212 : Whyle thy wedders be walking, on this loyne thou may have good lugging.
b
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)148 : Now hider skinnes for haukes hoodes, thei seyn; and yif me aloyne [F Unes longes], if thou wolt, and a peyre gessis.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)282/17,18 : He was ware of a faucon com over his hede fleyng towarde an hyghe elme, and longe lunes aboute her feete. And she flowe unto the elme to take hir perche, the lunes overcast aboute a bowghe.
- a1475 *Hrl.Diseases Hawk B (Hrl 2340)37a : Whan þe hawke hath knowlege of þe mastir, lat hir comme to reclayme in þis maner..lat hir tyr A whyle, bot lay hyr recefe non bot A lytyll; þan take þi loyne in þi hande & holde fast lest sche cheke.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1284) *Acc.Exch.K.R.Bd.97 No.3 (P.R.O.) [OD col.] : Pro cordis emptis…ad Traynell[is] et Loygnes factis pro eisden [equis].
- (1284) *Acc.Exch.K.R.Bd.97 No.3 (P.R.O.) m.4 [OD col.] : Pro loynes et traynellis.
Note: If ME, antedates (a)