Middle English Dictionary Entry
wain n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | wain n.(2) Also waine. |
| Etymology | AF waine, AF/ONF waigne, vars. of OF gäaigne, from Gmc. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Profit, advantage, benefit;
(b) spoils, booty; ?also, victory [2nd quot.].
Associated quotations
a
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)77/2207 : Þe fyȝte [read: fyfte], þat hys, Elyynge, Cryst on-leke to oure wayne.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)43/6 : Him ne dret naȝt to done…grat harm to oþren uor a lite wayn oþer uor ureme to him.
b
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.257 : We rede ȝe sende to þe kyng of Almayn, & ȝour londes to defende, & reue Philip his wayn.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.297 : Þe Inglis were alle slayn, þe Scottis bare þam wele; þe Waleis had þe wayn, als maistere of þat eschele.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)1481 : Coryneus & his partie Wente forth…þeyr fflote wyþ al þer wayne Turnede fro þe lond of Spaigne…Þe wynd to þat half bar hem to.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)1857 : Þat tyme þys lond hight Albyon; When Brutus cam, þat name was gon, ffor Albion was Brutes wayne, þerfore he dide hit calle Brutayne.