Middle English Dictionary Entry
tīnd(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | tīnd(e n. Also tine, (error) tye; pl. tind(e)s, tines, teindis. |
| Etymology | OE tind |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) One of a series of projecting, sharp points of metal or wood on a rake, trap, harrow, or other implement; also in fig. context; (b) the tip of a thorn, a prickle.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)15724 : Thei..Sclow hem thikkere with her arwes Than tyndes of tre stondis In harwes.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)9.691 : The god of loue..markid hir with his arwe; The firy tyndis [vr. teyndis] of his brennyng harwe Made the soil..pliaunt of hir thouht.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)396 : Pyke, or tyynde of yryne: Carnica.
- a1450(1408) Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)152/24 : A calketrappe..haþ foure tyndes or prickes yscharpid kene.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)6 : Rakes are called þer long hokis of yrun with too tynes with whech þei turne her lond.
- (1465) Doc.Finchale in Sur.Soc.6p.ccxcix : ij oxharow cum xxvj tynds.
b
- c1390 Disp.Virg.& Cross (Vrn)82 : Godes sone..His hed nou leoneþ on þornes tynde.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)494 : Tyynde, prekyl: Carnica.
2.
(a) A horn of an animal; (b) a branch of a deer's antlers; (c) a branch of a tree; (d) hunt. a forked stick used for skewering choice morsels of the killed beast.
Associated quotations
a
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)5133 : Sall I send ȝow..lynoseros [read: Rynoseros], a roghe best with raggid tyndis.
- c1450 De CMulieribus (Add 10304)886 : Poetys a kowe hir feyned With cloven clees and hornys sharp of tyne.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)128b : A Tynde of A beste.
- a1500(?c1400) Triam.(Cmb Ff.2.38)1085 : The beste stroke hym wyth hys tyndys.
b
- (?c1350) Rec.Norwich 2200 : Buckes tynes cordez.
- (a1398) Trev.Barth.(Add 27944:Seymour)1176/34 : Þe age of hertes is yknowe by auntelers and tyndes of hornes, for euerich ȝere it encresseþ by a tynde.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)22 : Buk..bereþ moo tyndes þan doþ an hert.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)34b : Hertis-horne hauythe leuys lyke to the tyndes of a hert.
- c1460 My fayr lady (Hrl 2255)p.203 : She dotyth..Maale deer to chaase..That weel can beere with a tynde.
- a1500(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Dub 213)27/752* : A grett horse..toton owt of hys top als tyndis of hornes.
c
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)78 : As bornyst syluer þe lef on slydez, Þat þike con trylle on vch a tynde.
- a1450 Disp.Virg.& Cross (Roy 18.A.10)138 : Þi fruit spred hys armes, On tre þat is tiȝed with tyndes towe.
d
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)507 : 'Hunters..Þe tokening schuld ȝe blowe.' He tiȝt þe mawe on tinde And eke þe gargiloun.
3.
(a) A stake used as a hook on which to hang a pot; (b) a stake used as a rung of a ladder.
Associated quotations
a
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)128b : A Tynde: cremale.
b
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)181/9 : Beoð þe twa leaddre steolen þe beoð up iriht to heouene & bitweone þeose steolen beoð of alle gode þeawes þe tindes ifestnet.
4.
?A comb; ?a pickax.
Associated quotations
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)602/45 : Picten: a tye [read: tyne].
5.
In place name [see Smith PNElem.2.180].
Associated quotations
- (1278) in Mawer PNNhb.& Dur.197 : Tyndeley.