Middle English Dictionary Entry
tẹ̄ne adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | tẹ̄ne adj. |
| Etymology | From tẹ̄ne n.(2) or tẹ̄nen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Harmful, perilous; (b) angry, enraged, furious; vexed.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2075 : His wyȝe..schulde teche hym to tourne to þat tene place Þer þe ruful race he shulde resayue.
b
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)14728 : Ihesus at hem was tene And kest hem out al bi dene.
- a1425 NHom.(3) Leg.Suppl.Hrl.(Hrl 4196)17/74 : He þat suld haue wed hir vnderstode..how scho hight to kepe hir clene, And þarefore was he wonder tene.
- c1440(?a1400) Perceval (Thrn)301 : At Kayes wordes wexe he tene.
- a1450 Gener.(1) (Mrg M 876)9328 : Gwynan gan wax togh and tene That any knight so long him helde.
- c1450(?a1400) Siege Milan (Add 31042)710 : Kyng Charls..At the byschoppe was so tene.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)276/25 : He wex so tene þat he tuke þe vessell & brakk it all to gobettis.