Middle English Dictionary Entry
paienīe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | paienīe n. Also painie, paeni, peini, pani. |
| Etymology | OF paienie, päenie, päinie, päanie. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The lands inhabited by heathens; heathendom, pagandom; -- used chiefly of Saracen lands.
Associated quotations
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)3746 : Þe soudan haþ his folk y-sent; Into al peyni his sond is sent.
- c1330 Otuel (Auch)1228 : Who made þe nou so bold, To werren oppon king garsie, Þat is cheef of al painie?
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)122 : In al paynye nys pryncz ne kyng þat berþ so gret a name.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)761 : For payenye..ful yuele wil y schape.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)5241 : A-noþer sarasyn of paynye Hadde þerwyþ grete enuye.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)19992 : And þis it was þe first passage, þat þe apostels in parti Mad mang þe folk o paeni [Frf: pany].
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)1856 : God made neuere a beter knyȝt..In cristendome ne in paynie.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)13434 : On Crist we schul hope & affye A-geyn þe houndes of Paynye [vr. payenie].