Middle English Dictionary Entry
thē̆r-in(ne adv.
Entry Info
Forms | thē̆r-in(ne adv. Also therenne, -hinne, thrin(ne, (early) þerinnæ & (errors) theryng, ðorinine, theyn. |
Etymology | OE þǣr-in & þǣr-inne; also cp. ME thē̆r adv. & in adv. & prep., inne adv. & prep. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) With ref. to a physical place, region, city, body of water, the world, heaven, etc.: in that place, in it, within its borders or bounds, therein, there; also in fig. context; that..~, in which; (b) with ref. to a structure, vessel, container, etc.: in that or those, within it, inside it, therein; also in fig. context; (c) with ref. to an article of clothing, a human body, bodily member, wound, plant, book, etc.: in that or it, in those or them; (d) with ref. to a substance, solution, mixture, etc.: in that or it; (e) with ref. to a vague or loosely specified place: all around, in the area, around there, there; also, here, in the place where the action is occurring; (f) as quasi-adj.: inside, within; (g) ?as rel. adv.: in which place, wherein, where; ~ as.
Associated quotations
a
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1114 : To middan sumeran he ferde mid fyrde into Wealon..& he let þær inne castelas weorcean.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.Nicod.(Vsp D.14)85/14 : Seo helle þone deofel ut adraf..Ða þæt geherdan þa hehfæderes þe þær inne wæron, þa clypedan heo ealle anre stefne to þære helle.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)17923 : Well fele watrress wærenn & swillke þatt he mihhte wel Fullhtnenn þe follc þærinne.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)41/15 : Ðu ðe wunest on ðære woreld, and art ðar inne ibunde mid huse and mid weddede wiue and mid childre.
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)76/14 : Semei was in ierusalem uorte huden hire ðer inne ȝif he wolde libben.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)8498 : Þe walle he lufode & ofte hine þer-inne baðede.
- c1300 SLeg.Mich.(LdMisc 108)662 : In þe north side here..no Man ne wonez for chele, Ne in þe south half noþe-mo for þe grete hete..And manie oþur studes al-so, þei men miȝten wonien þare-Inne, huy ne berez noþur corn ne fruyt.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)322 : The Erl..dede leden hir to doure..And þerhinne dede hire fede Pourelike in feble wede.
- a1325 Heil beo þou Marie Mylde (StJ-C S.30)56 : Nou bri[n]g my saule to heuene, þer-in a place to fille.
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.77 : Þe Aungel..swore by hym þat lyueþ wiþouten ende & þat made heuene & erþe & Cee & al þat þereinne is þat þe tyme ne shal lasten no lengere.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sum.(Manly-Rickert)D.2081 : Irous Cirus..destroyed the ryuer of Gysen For that an hors of his was dreynt ther inne.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)173a/b : Inglond is þe moste Ilond of Occean..and þe troianes fauȝte with geauntes long tyme þat woned þer ynne.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)2101 : Asie..es þe best, for þar in es Bath haly land and hethyennes.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)401/2 : Sich a wrecche..lope wiþ his herte into þe world, & þereynne he dwelliþ by affeccioun, þouȝ his body be in religioun.
- c1450(c1400) Sultan Bab.(Gar 140)335 : The firste warde thus thay wonne..Thai slough all that were ther-Inne.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)946/5 : The fayre medow and the rak therein ought to be undirstonde the Rounde Table.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)2261 : Wiþ the fire he bisette þere Þe wallis of Paradys þat were So þat no man þerynne shal wone.
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- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1070 : Fela of þa oðre gærsume.. þurh heora druncen hed on an niht for bærnde þa cyrce & eall þet þær innæ wæs.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.Nicod.(Vsp D.14)78/34 : Annas & Caiphas..comen to þan cwartern, & þa locan unsegeloden..ac heo þærinne Joseph ne funden.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)132/32 : Secea we ure chyrceæn mid clænnesse..& þerinnæ nane spece ne spæken.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)14546 : Drihhtin badd Noe gan till & wirrkenn himm an arrke, Þatt he..Þærinne mihhtenn berrȝhenn hemm Fra drunncninng uppo flode.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)97/31 : Help nu..ðat ðis hali temple be arard on ȝinc, þat godd, ȝinker sceppend, mihte ðarinne wunien, ðanne bie ȝit iwiss isali.
- a1275 *St.Marg.(2) (Trin-C B.14.39)304 : Ho ir þider beren..ant makeden an chirche, ant þrinne maden hire to lie.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)8599 : Þat weorc þu scalt bringen mid þe to þissen londe..& þu seolf scalt þer-in þine ban resten.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2310 : Ðe seck ðat agte beniamin, Iosepes cuppe hid was ðor-in.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)106/36 : Þe cherche is yhalȝed to godes seruice, zuo þet me ne ssel oþer þing do þerinne þanne þe seruice of god.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3551 : Go gete vs faste into this in A knedyng trogh..And han ther inne vitaille suffisaunt But for a day.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)1409 : Y sagh þere housys of ful ryche atyre..Blesful bryghtenes was þerynne.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)1.12 : Þe tour of [?read: on] þe toft..treuþe is þereinne.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)566 : Þan went Ywaine to his yn; His men he fand redy þareyn.
- (1429) Reg.Langley in Sur.Soc.169166 : Item, to Roger Corbet iiij li., and also that he have terme of life the almous of Mesondieu soo that he dwelle nat therinne.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)29/9 : Vynegre..corrumpith the vessell that it is ynne, if it abide longe there-ynne.
- (1449-53) Doc.Trade in BRS 793 : The which ship, with the maister, Mariners, and fysshers therein, beyng apon the high see towarde the costes of Irlande..toke a ship of Spayne.
- c1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)1177 : A faire mynster ther is iwys, Oure ladie beried þerein ys.
- (1462) Paston (EETS)1.108 : Item, a powche of blew velwet wyth pearlis therin ensealid.
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)206/1679a : Did hem in-to þe temple be nyghte And helde hem þeren, close, stylle.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)2.255 : Many a fayr hous & gret schal ben forsakyn and no man ne woman dwellyn þerynne.
- a1500(c1465) SEChron.(Lamb 306)61 : He lete make a grete bastyle, the whiche bastile oure men of Calleys wanne, and toke ther in many prisoners.
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- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)9/10 : Ȝeot þa sealfan in þat eare..sona he sceal hutgan of þan earen, ȝif he þarinna hys.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)49/17 : He litlede him seluen to-foren mannes eiȝen, mid his þralles lichame ðe he nam, and ðar inne bar ðat liht barninde ðe lihte alle his ȝecorene.
- a1325(c1300) Songs Langtoft (Cmb Gg.1.1)p.307 : Sum es left na thing Boute his rivyn riveling to hippe thar-hinne [vrr. tharynne; inne].
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)745 : He gript his mantel; as a weiȝh woful he wrapped him þerinne.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)242a/b : Popy..haue grete hedes as a pomgarnat, and þer Inne is the seed y-closed.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1072 : Much clener watz hir corse; God kynned þerinne.
- (1413) Will in Bdf.HRS 218 : I wolle and by qweye to þt same chirche þe vestement of blak Camoka..and stooles longing þerto for to synge þerinne þe day of my Serrement.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)4/22 : Men wald meny tyme hafe putte þe appel in to þe ymage hand, bot it will noȝt habyde þerin.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)188/19 : Tak þe seed of þis herbe and put on kernel in his eye, and lete it ben þer-in qwyles he slepe.
- c1450(c1400) Rev.Jul.Norwich (Add 37790)58/27 : See heere howe I lette opyn my syde, and my herte be clovene in twa, and lette oute blude and watere alle þat was thare-yn.
- c1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)1506 : Men calleth hem pomes of paradys, For who that cleueth an appul atwynne, He shal a faire crois fynde there ynne.
- (1455) Acc.St.Ewen in BGAS 15148 : Item, another old boke borded, that begynnyth with the Kalendar, and theryn ben lessons.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)121b/a : If greet akþe falle in a wounde, Recipe þe iuys of verueyne & do it in þe wounde..& if wormod be þerinne, it sleeþ hem and it heliþ þe wounde.
- a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)669 : I ȝeue the thys armour..there-inne thou the dyȝt.
- a1475 Sidrak & B.in JHMAS 23 (Lnsd 793)p.169 : Hou shulde a man out of his throte wynne A bone or a thorne stiking therynne?
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- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)36/6 : Ich leade ham wið leas luue lutlen & lutlen in-to se deop dunge, þet ha druncnið þerin.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)110/25 : Þe ȝiscere is his [Satan's] eskibah, feareð abuten esken & bisiliche stureð him to rukelin to-gederes muchele & monie ruken, blaweð þrin..& makeð þrin figures of augrim.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)106 : May no fir get melten ðat ys..Til domes-dai ne sal it troken, Al middel-erd ðer-inne is loken.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)9/234 : Ȝyf þer were ymengd licour Oþer wid kende watere [read: wetere]..þrinne to cristnye Hit nere nefur þe betere.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.315 : The child lay bathende in hire blod..He basketh him aboute thrinne.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)187b/a : Stere alle to gidere til þe terbentyne be molte & make vppe þi cloþis þer inne.
- (1428) Doc.in Sur.Soc.856 : John Kyrkby sayd yat he boght of John Lyllyng a porcion of alom, and fand yar'in lyke als yt had beyn plaster and lyme.
- c1440(?a1400) Perceval (Thrn)794 : He tase þe knyghte bi þe swire, Keste hym reghte in the fyre..þen said Percyuell on bost, 'Ly still þerin now and roste.'
- (1444) Doc.in Welch Hist.Pewterers Lond.13 : Tynne whiche is vntrewe and deceyuable is brought to this Citee and here is solde as dere as the best Tynne..for as moche as no defaulte canne be perceyued therin tille it come to the myltyng.
- a1450 Treat.Horses (Sln 2584)123/506 : Take ȝelkus of eyrin & herdes & wete hem þer-ynne.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)46 : Þe body of Crist [which] is þe bred þat he ȝaf for þe lif of þe world dwelliþ þer ine.
- a1500 Bod.EMisc.Lapid.(BodEMisc e.558)29/184 : They that haue ben discomforted haue ben comforted by lokyng on this stone, by vertu that god hathe put therenne.
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- a1275 *St.Marg.(2) (Trin-C B.14.39)182 : Meidan Maregrete þe dragun ede fro; ho sei anoþer deuel þerinne þo.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3634 : Aaron bissop oðere of ðat kin Sette he, hem for to seruen ðor-in.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)7706 : He caste out of house & hom of men a gret route & binom hor lond ȝe þritti mile & more þer aboute..Of pouereme[n] deserited he nom lutel hede, Þeruore þerinne wel mony mis cheuing.
- c1330(c1250) Floris (Auch)29 : Gladliche þai dronke & ete, Al þat þerinne were.
- a1400 PPl.C (LdMisc 656)18.39 : Þer-Inne [Hnt HM 137: be war..what ȝe haue here-ynne].
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)10 : She aros and sought aboute after hym that sholde haue don that dede, for she wende to haue founde hym thar-ynne.
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- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)323 : He..þreateð þene castel & þat folc þer-inne.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.2192 : Unto the court whan thei be come, And men therinne have hiede nome, Ther was no wiht, if he hem syhe, Fro water mihte kepe his yhe For sorwe.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)320a/b : Þe which instrument is round and broode with an hole þer Inne, and þe creme is y-beten and y stered þer wiþ.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)prol.15 : I saiȝ a tour on a toft triȝely Imakid; A dep dale beneþe, a dungeoun þereinne.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)993 : Noȝt saved watz bot Segor þat sat on a lawe, Þe þre ledez þerin, Loth and his deȝter.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)68/10 : Gorgon may be vndirstanden for a cite or a towne þat was wont to be of greet beaute; but, thorugh þe vicis of þe dwellers þerin, it become a serpent and venymose.
- a1450 Treat.Horses (Sln 2584)123/495 : If þou se pappes in þe brynkes of wondes or blaknus with-ynne þe wonde & litel quyter þer-ynne, þat is uerei signe of ded flesche.
- ?c1450 Brut-1447 (Trin-C O.9.1)464/37 : The Maire and þe Aldermen come..with a riche hanaper of gold..and a Ml li. of gold therin.
- 1618(1440) Invent.Cumberworth in Peacock EChurch Furniture183 : Item, a litle thing made of syluer and guilt to put relikes in, with a litle Crosse therein of gold and a pece of the Cross therein.
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- a1275 *St.Marg.(2) (Trin-C B.14.39)246 : Louerd, yef þi wille is, a water ic isee, þrin ic chulle deien for þe loue of þe.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)13144 : Þas þreo eorles riche nolden abiden ær heo comen riden forn to þas teldes deoren þer-inne [Otho: war-ine] wes þe kaisere.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2950 : In euerilc welle, in euerilc trike [read: crike], Men funden blod al witterlike, But if it were in ðe lond gersen, Ðor-inne woree [read: woren] ðe ebrisse men.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Th.(Manly-Rickert)B.1945 : He priketh thurgh a fair forest Ther inne is many a wilde best.
- a1400(c1250) Floris (Eg 2862)607 : Then shul men bryng..Al þe maidens..into an orchard..Þeryn is mony fowles song.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)167/27 : This kynge..did couere whyth his Skynne The Seete therin as he was woned to sitte.
- a1500 Lo here is (Tan 407)24 : Than of the erthe delyght I take To see the florent wodys þer leves shake, The ryverys rennyng by, þerinne dyuers fysshes move.
2.
(a) With ref. to an abstraction, a nonmaterial place or entity, etc.: in that or it, there, therein; (b) with ref. to an action, a course of action, a deed, etc.: in that course, in the doing of that or it, in it; also, by doing that, thereby; (c) with ref. to a matter, situation, case, circumstance, etc.: in that regard, in this matter, with respect to that; (d) with ref. to something vague or loosely specified: ?in itself, inside; ?around, on hand [last quot.]; (e) in selected phrases: ben atteinted ~, to be convicted of that; deliten ~; don bote ~, repent of that, atone for that; haven bileve (delite, gilt, likinge, pride) ~; putten a remedie ~, amend it or them; sen ~, divine from that; sen no help ~, judge it hopeless, see no help for it; (f) as quasi-adj., in phrase: ~ partie, ?an argument regarding this matter.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)6020 : Ȝiff he gillteþþ aniȝ gillt, Itt iss all ȝæn hiss wille, & nile he nohht tærinne lin, Acc riseþþ upp þurrh shriffte.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)60/9 : Nu hercnið of þe fifte, þet is meast neod elne, for þe pine is meast þrin, þet is, i felunge.
- a1350 Suete ihu king (Hrl 2253)27 : Vndo myn herte ant liht þeryn, ant wite me from fendes engyn.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)176/5 : Me ssel zigge..hou ofte he heþ yualle into zenne and hou longe he heþ y-bleued þerine.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP.(Manly-Rickert)B.3981 : Swich talkyng is nat worth a boterflye, For ther inne [vr. theyn] is ther no desport ne game.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.613 : Myn ascendent was Taur and Mars ther inne.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)1982 : We þenke so moche on oure wedlake..God haþ ordeyned hyt for þe pes, And þeryn be bore he ches.
- a1400 Mary moder well (RwlLtrg g.2)38 : That ben in dedlich synne, ne lete hem neuere deie ther-Inne.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.1632 : Thow art at ese, and hold the wel therinne.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)40/22 : Delite the greteli in the connynge Of Yoo, more than good or othir thinge..And of good ther-inne [vr. theryng] take largeli.
- a1450(?c1400) Wycl.LFCatech.PN (Add 17013)337 : Whan oure soule was made to lickenes of þe trinite; goddes hie name was prented þer ynne.
- ?c1450(a1388) Wallingford Exafrenon (Dgb 67)231 : The ascendent is of so mykil vertewe that if a planete be therin withowtyn dignitie, thees wise philosofris chosyne hym the lorde before all othere.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)49b/a : Whanne þe sunne & þe moone meten togideris in þis signe..Or ellis yf þe moone be þerinne by her siluen, þilke pacient afornseid standiþ riȝt in greet perel.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)1842 : The saphire colour, that orient blewe..Is moch fairere then wone colour to syght, For therin is more of Ayre, watir, & lyght.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)6210 : Euery our forto twynne, Sixti pointes beþ þerynne.
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- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1651 : Mann wile itt [offering] don Wiþþ witt & skill þærinne.
- a1225(?c1175) PMor.(Lamb 487)177 : Þa þe habbeð doules werc idon and þer inne bo ifunde, hi sculen faren forð mid him in to helle grunde.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)51/9 : Ȝef ei mon bit to seon ow, easkið him hwet god þer of mahte lihten, for moni uuel ich iseo þrin.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2068 : Good is..to dremen of win; Heilnesse an blisse is ðer-in.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))1 Mac.8.14 : No man bare diademe, nether was clothid in purpre, for to be magnyfied therynne.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.218 : They kan nat seen in that noon auauntage Ne in noon oother wey saue mariage; Thanne sawe they ther inne swich difficultee.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)1876 : He consentyþ to hys synne But he desturble hym þer-ynne.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.269 : If I my tale endite Aught harde, or make a proces any whyle, She shal no savour have therin but lite.
- c1450(c1400) Rev.Jul.Norwich (Add 37790)48/18 : In alle this blyssede schewynge of oure lorde I behelde it as ane in god syght, and I vndyrstode neuer nathynge þereyn that stonez me.
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)105/20 : Who beriþ him so sturdili..aȝens doom of resoun aȝens her owen experience..and in diffamyng crist and þe prophetis beriþ him silf þerinne as half mad.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)45/7 : The prynces childirn sholde be taught so ferr in lectur as that they myght vndirstonde their logyke and so to continu ther ynne.
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- a1425 Dial.Reason & A.(Cmb Ii.6.39)5/21 : Aduersite: Mi stature is but litil. Resoun: Þere inne is no impediment [L Hec non impedit] but þat þou mai be a good man.
- (1429) RParl.4.338b : He..desiryng and prayng ye seide Regent yat, after suche diligence doon by hym in yis matere as is necessarie, yat..he certifie to ye Kyng his felyng and advys, yat ye Kyng may yanne forther do yerinne as shal be thought resonable and behovefull to ye Kyng.
- (1436) RParl.4.498b : Jaquete, late wyf to John Duc of Bedford..toke but late ago to Husbond youre trewe liege man..Richard Wydevyll Knyght, not havyng therto youre Roiall licence and assent, wheryn they knawen well that they have offended your seid Hieghnesse, submyttyng theym theryn unto your noble Grace.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)199 : We haue no power forto knowe and discrive bi certeynte..Neuerþeles þou of pitee remittist oure jugement to be had þeryn to þe gisse and doom of oure conscience.
- (1457) LRed Bk.Bristol2.185 : Euery Maistur..when he departeth owte of the towne in his lawfull besynesse, to make a debite..yeuyng hym his hole powere..in perfourmyng of all the articles above wreten, and what man of the craft that will refuse to take vpon hym the seid charge and to do theryn as hit is above wreten shall lese att euery tyme xl d.
- (1475) Papers Cely in Camd.ser.3.11 : Your horse..shuld be for a gret gentylman of whom you might deserve gret thanke; if yt be so that you thynke the horse wolde serve hym, prayng you to owe me therein yowr goode wyll, [etc.].
- ?a1500(c1442) Paston2.8 : I prey you euermore of yowre best counseyll therin.
- -?-(1467) Will in Som.RS 16197 : I will that if any man have been wronfully doone to..by supportacion in my unlawfull title, that therin ye see a redresse.
d
- a1425 Cursor (Glb E.9)25198 : Þis word 'fader' when we myn, Stedfast trowth it beris þarein.
- ?c1425(c1380) Chaucer Form.A.(Benson-Robinson)37 : Ther poverte is, as seith Diogenes, Ther as vitaile is ek so skars and thinne That noght but mast or apples is therinne.
e
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)8/75 : Se muchel confort is in his grace..ha..habbeð mare delit þrin þen ei oðer habbe i licunge of þe worlt.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)560 : Þe bysshop seyd þe wurdys echoun, But beleue þeryn hadde he noun.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)3226 : Heuedys tyfed wyþ grete pryde..Men mow wete hyt ys grete synne To haue moche pryde þer-ynne.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)4164 : How mow þey þan shryue þat synne, Þat seyn þey haue no gylt þerynne?
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)11182 : Ȝyf þou wost..þat two are weddyd, and oȝt nat weyl, But þou shewe hyt, þou dost grete synne To one þat may do bote þer-ynne.
- (1400) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)7.59 : [Stephen prior of Launceston and John Douna of Tavistock] weren of the seut and of wylle of the treyson that the ȝeurl of Huntyngdon was a taynt ther inne.
- a1425(?a1350) 7 Sages(2) (Glb E.9)426 : Can ȝe me tel..What ȝone stern bitakins..Tel vs what þou sese þareyn.
- (c1437) Paston2.513 : The grete wronges..that he hath done to the seide Julian ayenst youre lawes..been here vnderwretyn..that remedie may be putte therynne.
- c1450(a1400) Lavynham Treat.7 Dead.Sins (Hrl 211)6/34 : A man may gadre tresour to gydere on too maner wyse: On is for to haue hys likynge þer inne onliche & not vpon entent for to releuyn hym silf & oþer men in her nede.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)91/2 : I wote wele, and Ponthus knewe itt, he wold putt a remedy therin.
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)192/1236 : Dame Tytes Loked vppon the furmament..And Sauwe þeryn..He xall be slayn in Troye batale.
- c1475 Wisd.(Folg V.a.354)302 : Wan suggestyon to þe Mynde doth apere, Wyndyrstondynge, delyght not ȝe þerin.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)2.208 : Be it euere so cler in ryȝt, þey schul seyn it is wol derk; þey connyn seen non helpe þerynne.
- a1500 Lo here is (Tan 407)12 : Þe worldys wunderys and vanyte, Therinne delyght I ay.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)4663 : Pouere man..And he his wombe ful may gete, He deliteþ him more þerynne Þan þe riche man wiþ al his wynne.
f
- (c1456) Pecock Faith (Trin-C B.14.45)112 : Thei han colour of doctouris writing, sownyng into her therynne partie.
3.
With verbs of motion, placing, positioning, etc.: (a) with ref. to a physical place or location, a topographical feature, etc.: into that place, into it, in that or it, therein; also in fig. context; souen ~, to plant (sth.) on it; (b) with ref. to a structure, concrete object, body, substance, etc.: into that or it, into those or them, in that, etc.; also in fig. context; (c) with ref. to a passageway, gate, an aperture, etc.: in by way of that or it; also in fig. context; also with implied ref. [quot. c1300]; (d) with ref. to an abstraction or an abstract entity, in nonliteral uses: into that or it, into those or them, into it, therein.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)147/29 : Heo nehiȝet neorxenewange; Þær inn ȝefærð Fenix.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)17/31 : Þe uttreste is se þiesternesse of helle, ðar næure ȝiete liht ne cam bute ðas nihtes ðe Cristes saule ðar inne cam after his ȝekorene.
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)25/19 : Þes put he hat þat beo euer ilided & iwrien leste eni best ualle þerinne [Ancr.TSenses: into þat pit].
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)307 : Listneð nu a wunder ðat tis der doð for hunger: goð o felde to a furg & falleð ðar inne.
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)96 : A dep pet is her bisides þat water er þis in stod; Worpeþ þerinne Iosep.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)42 : Ðo bad god wurðen stund and stede; Ðis middes-werld ðor-inine [read: ðor-inne] he dede.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)751 : Men calið it ðe dede se; Ilc ðing deieð ðor-inne is driuen.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1023 : Sche goþ aboute into þe gardyn for to gader floures, and to wayte þat no weiȝh walked þerinne.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.23 : Þere is grete holownesse vnder erþe..meny men haueþ i-walked þerynne and i-seie ryueres and stremes.
- c1400 Bk.Mother (Bod 416)107/8 : Dispisers of his hestis..here long liþ leie, bringinge forþ no good fruit; but þei, as þe wickede man þat Crist clepiþ þe deuel, sowen þerinne foule, blac cockel: þat is, alle maner synnes.
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)166/80 : The kyng of troye..herd telle that men of greke beth In-to hys lond com and þer-in entreth.
b
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)89/12 : He..halige mynstres arærde, & halige rode þær inn gesette.
- ?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1137 : Sume hi diden in crucethus, ðæt is, in an cæste þat was scort & nareu & un dep & dide scærpe stanes þer inne.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)63/675 : Þe reue..het fecchen aue at [read: a reat] & wið pich fullen & wallen hit walm hat & het warpen hire þrin.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)201 : Ðis sexte dai god made Adam, And his licham of erðe he nam, And blew ðor-in a liues blast.
- a1325 Add.46919 Cook.Recipes (Add 46919)57.59/2 : To maken comeneye: Make god milke of alemauns & do hit to billen & do þrin comin.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)34/22 : Auarice..is þe maystresse þet heþ zuo greate scole þet alle guoþ þrin uor to lyerni.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1689 : Miȝt we be coyntise com bi tvo skynnes of þe breme beres, and bisowe ȝou þerinne, þer is no livand lud ilive ȝou knowe schold.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.2301 : He..made an huge fyr upriht, And lepte himself therinne at ones.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)25a/b : Þe cause [of] greues comeþ.. also of defaute of þe eren, for..somtyme grauel & poudir falliþ þerinne.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)1.59 : Þere [vr. Þat] is þe castel of care; who þat comiþ þereinne May banne þat he born was.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)167b/b : Þen þe pultes schal be spred apon a cloþe..and leie it wiþ oute apon þe sore..when alle oþere þinge is leide in þe sore, þat schal be leide þerinne.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)5/23 : The knyght..soght a schipp..and putt therin a schipman.
- a1475 Limn.Bks.(Brog 2.1)76 : Take a bledder of a beste that is newe slayne, and put therein thy gleyre.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)3320 : If þat þe oþere chaumbres be Open, and it be so þat she Knowe a man ofte þat same night..And þe seed be þerynne broght, Þei closen and holden faste.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)46/22 : Take glyre of an ey and sueng hit wel..Take whyt flour and do hit þer-Inne.
c
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)23 : Þa ȝet þu hersumest þere sunne þet is þet holh þet ic er cweð, hwa creopeð þer-in.
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)63/1072 : He com to þe gateward..Ne miȝte he awynne Þat he come þerinne..gan to þe ȝate turne & þat wiket vnspurne.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)380/29 : If a man go not wiþ liȝt of feiþ & wiþ þe hond of loue for to opene wiþ þis keye þe gate of heuen, he schal neuere entre þereynne.
- a1475 Limn.Bks.(Brog 2.1)79 : Put alle thyes togedyre into a vyole..and stoppe alle the mowthe thereof, safe only a lytelle hole, as a spowte of a pauper or of perchemyne may be set thereinne.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)59/46 : A vysion..I Ezechiel haue had also Of a gate þat sperd was trewly and no man but a prince myght þer-in go.
d
- c1225(?c1200) SWard (Bod 34)36/342 : Intra in gaudium et c.: Ga quoð he into þi lauerdes blisse; þu most al gan þrin.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)117/22 : We ne moȝe naȝt..þolye þe asaylinges of þe dyeule..And huanne he ous fayleþ, we guoþ þer-in.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.7345 : So were it reson forto schewe The peril, er we falle thrinne.
- a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Abp.& N.(Phys-E)p.84 : Sinful man..him schrifes of his sin, And kepes no mar falle thar inne.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)11894 : A soule þat ys dede þurgh synne, Þurgh shryfte comþ grace þer-ynne.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)840 : A book he took to hym tho, and þis mater jn Scripture he let thrynne do.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)2.209 : Þey wandryn forth amongis her enmyys as blynde bestys & forsen no myschef til þey fallyn þerynne.
4.
(a) With ref. to a concrete object or an animal: upon that or it, on it, thereon; with verbs of motion or positioning: onto it or them; also in fig. context; (b) with ref. to a surface for painting, drawing, decorating, etc.: depicted on that or it, on those or them;—sometimes used as quasi-adj.; (c) with ref. to an abstraction: on that subject, on it.
Associated quotations
a
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)180/1 : Þis is an heh steire, ah ȝet is þah an herre; Ant hwa stod eauer þrin?
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)3986 : Adoun þai liȝt and her hors girten, Wiþouten stirop þerin stirten.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)176/27 : God cursede the figtre, for he fonde no frute ther-in, bot only leues.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)2.246 : God hat bent his bowe and mad it redy & he hat adyȝt þerynne takyl of deth.
b
- (?c1375-a1390) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3573 : The feeld of snow with thegle of blak ther inne Caught with the lymerod coloured as the glede, He brew this cursednesse.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fkl.(Manly-Rickert)F.831 : Men may so longe grauen in a stoon Til some figure ther inne emprented be.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)250a/a : A Borde..is a þynne plaunke and playne and þer Inne beþ lettres y-write wiþ coloures.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)4364 : They in Thebes..her devoyre did..To ordeyne and make a sepulture For her kyng..And offred vp his baner..and also his penoun, Ther-Inne of gold I-betyn a dragoun.
- (1455) Acc.St.Ewen in BGAS 15150 : Item, all the apparail longing to St. Kateryn ys auter with hyr fygure steyned theryn.
- c1470 Bible F.(Cleve-W q091.92-C468)86/27 : Ther was..aboue the couche a courteyn of cloth of silke..And theryn was wrought by riche enbroudery the firmament with the sonne and the mone and the sterris.
- c1450(a1400) Libeaus (Clg A.2)1568 : Hys scheld was of gold fyn, Þre bores heddes þer-jnne.
c
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)10.181 : Theologie hath tened me ten score tymes; The more I muse þere-Inne [A: þeron; C: þer-on], þe mistier it semeth.
5.
In misc. senses: (a) with ref. to a season: during that time, in that time, then; (b) transl. of L in eo: with it; (c) ?error for the def. art. and in n.; (d) ?error for fin n.(2).
Associated quotations
a
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)8488 : Ver hat þe sesoun..Alle þinges þerynne wexen grene.
b
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))1 Mac.3.12 : Judas toke awey the swerd of Appolonie, and was fiȝtyng therynne [WB(2): therwith; L in eo] in alle days.
c
- c1300(c1250) Floris (Cmb Gg.4.27)35 : Þe lefdi of þer inne [vrr. of þat; of þe hous] vnderȝat þat he murninge sat.
d
- a1400 Cursor (Phys-E)22210 : Sua wiþ sere maner of pine In criste þai sale haue blisful þrin [Vsp: fine].