Middle English Dictionary Entry
chīnen v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | chīnen v.(1) Also (late) chinnen. Forms: p. sg. chōn, chān; ppl. chinned. |
| Etymology | OE cīnan, *cān, *cinen; ME ppl. chin(n)ed replaces earlier *cinen. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To crack or split; burst open; ~ fro, split away from; chined, chapped (lips); chining, gaping; (b) of the heart: to break; ~ herte, break the heart, deprive of life.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)74/20 : Asawene corn, ȝif hit ne chinaeð on þare moldan..ne weaxæð [etc.].
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)83 : Þet gles ne brekeð ne chineð.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)199 : Oðer kinnes neddre..drinkeð a draht swo michel þat heo chineð.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)183 : Bote sed ysowe in eorþe by-gonne to chyne..Hit ne bringeþ fforþ no ffrut.
- c1330(?c1300) Reinbrun (Auch)p.668 : Haslak smot Reinbroun anon, þat to þe bokel þe schel[d] chon.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)212 : Hys wounde was þo in yuel aray &..gan to chyne.
- c1390 Disp.Virg.& Cross (Vrn)321 : Drinkeles was his tonge, His lippes to clouen and chyned.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)211a/a : By strengþe of hete þe place cleueþ and chyneþ, and þere spryngeþ herbes and trees.
- a1425 KAlex.(LinI 150)2212 : He smot his stede in þe mane, Þat hed fro þe body chane [Ld: fel fro þe body clane].
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)1.pr.6.41 : The maladye of perturbacion is crept into thi thought, so as [thorw] the strengthe of the palys chynynge [and] open.
- (1425) Paston2.19 : Whether the stoon..wille chippe or chynne..with frost.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)91/7 : Lippez ybrent of þe sone or chynned of þe wynde.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)6.199 : [Brick] maad in somer heete..forto chyne is like.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)405 : Gret noyse haþ þorgh hys chynned lippes..Þis day out past.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)536 : A drowthe had the erthe..causyd..to chyne & krany more and lesse.
b
- a1300 Sayings St.Bede (Jes-O 29)44 : In helle beoþ þe pynen Þat makeþ heorte chynen.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)7754 : Our cristen..Mani þrewe doun deueling riȝt, & growen [read: gnowen] boþe gras & ston, Þo þat deþ her hert chon.
- a1500(?a1375) Hermit & O.(Add 22577)237 : Me thynketh my hert wyl chine.