Middle English Dictionary Entry
seinẹ̄ adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | seinẹ̄ adv. |
| Etymology | From AF segné, var. of OF sené adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
?Judiciously, discreetly; ?in order, in an orderly manner.
Associated quotations
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)11447 : Twelue messegers..come In to þe halle..Wyþ olyue braunches in handes born; Wyþ softe pas & seine [vr. fulle seine; F ordeneement] Gret þei Arthur & his meyne.
- a1500(?c1400) Song Roland (Lnsd 388)826 : All the cursed men to mahoun criene, ledes them on the lond, hold to-gedur seyne, set them in scheltron, chid they nold.