quaining - Middle English Compendium

Middle English Dictionary Entry

quaining ger.

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Forms	quaining ger. Also (error) quainnng.
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Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.

An expression of sorrow, lamentation.

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a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)4229 : 'Ioseph þou was mi ioi allan, Now ert þou ded'..Bot al his quainnng [read: quain(?n)ing; Frf: waymentinge; Trin-C: mournyng] for to rede Or for to spek, it war vn-spede.
a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)12495 : A burges..ded þan in his bedd lai; Quen iesus herd þis quaining gret, þe late þai thoru þe cite let, He had þar-for wel gret pite.