Middle English Dictionary Entry
trēne n.
Entry Info
| Forms | trēne n. |
| Etymology | ML trēnus, var. of L thrēnus; ult. Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) a lamentation, dirge, wailing; (b) Pl. The Biblical book of the Lamentations of Jeremiah; also, Jeremiah's dirge for Josiah [see Vulg. 2 Chron.35:25].
Associated quotations
a
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)29.20 (v.1:p.197) : A sorowe nevir herd biforn envirouneth me rounde aboute, and an intollerable trene and lamentacion, for as moche as I see you freely .. goon to the deth.
b
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)3.85 : Ieremy..made also the trenes [L Trenos], that is to say, the lamentaciones of the dethe of Iosias.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)122/11 : Þe whech vengeans Ieremy þe prophit spekyþe of in trenis þat is red þes þre dayes at tenebrys.