A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1570
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Ten(e, Teyn(e, adj. Also: tien. [ME and e.m.E. tene (14th c.), teen (1670, north.); Ten(e n.]
1. Angry, enraged, furious; fierce.(a) a1400 Legends of the Saints xxviii 542.
Thane wes the tyrand vondir ten Quhene he hard this of the madyine clene … that sa can say Of his godis dyspytuisly ?1438 Alex. i 2042.
Quhan Emynedus that had sene, He woxe thairat in spreit all tene c1420 Wynt. viii 2042.
‘Quhat caus has thow to were the grene?’ … ‘Na caus, bot for to make thé tene' 1460 Hay Alex. 171.
The King Philip that saw this meruell fall … He was dred and halflingis he was tene a1500 Henr. Fab. 2103.
He … hakkit doun ane staf, for he was tene, That heuie was c1508 Chepman and Myllar Prints vii (c) 30.
Thou tigir tene fulfild of birnyng fyre 1531 Bell. Boece I 202.
He wox sa tene, that he gart drown this woman 1535 Stewart 41202.
The king thairof richt crabit wes and tene 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 10501.
Quod he ‘Father sa ȝe will not be tene [etc.]' 1570 Satirical Poems xxi 53.
It suld ȝow mufe all to be tene, Quhen [etc.](b) a1400 Legends of the Saints vii 620.
He wox sa teyne, That nere he cane briste a1500 Henr. Annunc. 68.
Termigant that teyn is, And … his cluke that kene is c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace viii 680.
Thai … tald that thai had seyn Wallace crownyt, quharoff the lordis was teyn 1513 Doug. viii Prol. 170.
Then wolx I teyn at I tuke to sic trufis tent
b. transf. Vexatious, troublesome, difficult.a1500 Golagros and Gawane 33.
With outin beilding of blis, of bern or of byre, Bot torris and tene wais, teirfull quha tellis
2. Sad, sorrowful.1565 St. A. Kirk S. 237.
Saw hyr cum wyth ane drery and sad contenance, tien, and waykly wyth law voce consent
