Middle English Dictionary Entry
thīne adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | thīne adv. Also thien, thein(e, theinne, (?error) thayn. |
| Etymology | Chiefly N and NEM; shortened form of thē̆then adv.; the form thayn may be an error for thanne adv. or thenne adv. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
From that place;—used in contexts suggesting: (a) the motion of a subject away from a place; also with implied verb of motion; (b) the removal from a place of the object of the action; also with implied verb of motion.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.67 : Harald & Tostus..so sped..to ȝork..Nouht þien fulle fer to þam com a tiþing þat Harald was comand.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.190 : For soth þe þrid eschele fulle hard was bisted; þe templers ilk a dele failed & þien fled.
- c1400 St.Anne(1) (Min-U Z.822.N.81)1578 : A lytell fra egyp þat cete was, Bot ferrer þan þat nyght wald þai noght passe: Þai had na gude wyll thyne.
- a1425 NHom.(3) Leg.Suppl.Hrl.(Hrl 4196)86/453 : Als he went sore wepand þein, On Mari Maudlayn gun he him pleyn.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)21853 : Þai sal arife with willes gode At þe port hafen of barbes flode, Þat þien þai might passe with him Til allobroges contres þat tim.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)10190 : Drede of greȝois..caused these kynges forto gon thayn [rime: slayn].
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4075 : Þan drafe he þine with his dukis in a deyne entris.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)16543 : Þei suld, or þei went þeyne..ordan þem amang what were best forto do.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)331/17 : Þe prest..laid hym down..in þe fire..sho callid on hym & wold hafe had hym þine, & he lay still & was nothyng burnyd.
b
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)6676 : If he to min auter fly, Men sal him þein [Vsp: þeþen] draw to die.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.161 : Isaac away fled; It was not told a leke þat non of his þien led.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)179/31 : He was passand hevye..& had hur thyne owr a grete watir in-to a noder contreth, at sho suld be ferrer fro þis fend.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)7807 : Þai..a bote bryng To lede þein his body.
- a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)64 : Kyng balam..ys falle..dep in a dyche..with that come to hym burlyaunt..An sokebronde..theyn h[e] tokyn hym by the hond & holpedyn him blyue.
2.
From a specific point;—used to specify a distance.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)15/23,26 : And v myle þeine es þe citee of Sydon..And xviii myle fra Sydon es..Beruch..And fyue myle þeine es þe citee of Damasc.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)313/24 : Þer was a solitarie preste at dwelte bod a little þine.
3.
As quasi-noun or pron. in prep. phrases with from ~: (a) from that place, from there; (b) from ~ forth (fore-ward), from that point in time onward.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)12/13-14 : Fra þeine men passez to þe ile of Grece..And fra þeine men wendes to þe ile of Cophos.
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)61/18 : Þay remowed fra þeinne and come in-till a cuntree of Inde þat es called Phisiacen.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)834 : Fra þeyn to scotlande marche þai wende.
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.122 : Colgrim..their capitayne, fled fro thyne To Yorke anon.
b
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)110/26 : He comaunded..þat þai schuld fra þeine forward hald þam payd of þat he wald gyffe þam of his grace.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)51/4 : Fro thyne furth..he had more devocion vnto Saynt Andrew þan he had befor.