Middle English Dictionary Entry
cẹ̄ne n.
Entry Info
| Forms | cẹ̄ne n. Also sene. |
| Etymology | OF cene, ceine (from L coena). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The Lord's Supper.
Associated quotations
- c1300 SLeg.John (LdMisc 108)25 : He made is cene..on schereþores-day.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)839 : As þis disciples ete at þe Cene euerichon, Ihesus tok bred in his hond.
- a1400(?a1325) Bonav.Medit.(1) (Hrl 1701)1111 : Þys nyȝt at þe cene, He seyd eftsones we shuldyn hym sene.
- a1400 WBible(1) Prol.Apoc.(NYPubLib 67)638 : Jon the apostil..in so gret loue of dileccioun is had, that in the cene on his brest he shulde lyn.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)50.342 : It Is that same sege to mene, where as God to his disciples Made his Sene.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)4615 : The Grete Thursday at hys maunde..Whan he sat with hem at the cene.
2.
~ thursdai, the Thursday in Holy Week, Maundy Thursday.
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.435 : Cene Þorsday, þat som men clepeþ Schireþorsday.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.439 : Þe next day after þat fel þe Cene Þorsday [Higd.(2): Scherethursday].
- c1390 Dial.Bern.& V.(2) (Vrn)177 : On cene þursday wiþinne þe niht Cayphas him nom.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)127b/b : Lente..lastiþ to þe sene of oure lord, þat is Cene þursday.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)128b/b : Þilke þat beþ I put out of chirche by riȝtwisnesse and lawe on an aschewednysday beþ I fonge in to þe lappe and bosom of holy chirche by myrþe on cene þorsday.