Middle English Dictionary Entry
quain n.
Entry Info
| Forms | quain n. |
| Etymology | ON: cp. OI kvein. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Lamentation.
Associated quotations
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)11577 : It was a mikel sume o quain [Göt: quaine] O þaa childer þat war slain; An hundret fourti-four thusand Thoru iesu com to lijf lastand.