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Tyn(e, v. Also: tin(e, tyin(e, tynn(e, teyn(e. P.t. and p.p. tynt(e, tint(e, tyntt, tintt, teynt, teynd, teint, tent, tyn(n)it, tinitt, teynit. [ME and e.m.E. (chiefly north.) tine (c1250), tin, tyne (both Cursor M.), tyn (Rolle), tyen (1575), p.t. and p.p. tinte (c1300), tynt (Manning), y-tent (a1400), tynde (c1400), ON týna.]

I. 1. tr. To lose, be deprived of, forfeit (a possession, also, (the population of) a realm, etc.) (by circumstance, as a punishment, etc.). Also const. up. Also proverb.Some examples may belong in sense 9.pres. (1) 1375 Barb. i 211.
That thai suld tyne Othir land or lyff 14.. Burgh Laws c. 19 (A).
Giff ony burges be chalangit … of ony maner of thifft fundyn in his hous … & [etc.] … he sal tyn the thing chalangit 1440 Cop. St. A. 174.
Gyf … the sayd Wylȝam … faylȝe in the payment of the said sowm … the said Wilȝam sal tyn the tak 1494 Loutfut MS 25b.
All his gud he had lever tyn and waist than [etc.] 14… Edinb. Univ. MS Borland 27, 288a.
Owthir sal he his gudis tyne And swa of poverte thole the pyne Or [etc.] 1531 Bell. Boece II 163.
He that makis ane lesing in dammage of his nichtbour, sall tine his swerd 1531–2 Acta Conc. Publ. Aff. 370.
Or thai suld tyne … ane fute braid of the propirte of this realme thai suld juperde and aventour of thar lyvis c1550 Balcarres P. 314.
I had levar tyn all the los that I ha for ony man suld tholl deid for my cas gef he hes mad na grettar falt nor that 1567 Acts III 30/1.
The deliuerar to tyne the said fals money a1568 Bann. MS 147a/2.
It that I spend is myne, it that I leif I tyne 1569 Canongate Ct. Bk. 76.
Thomas … dwelt … within the realme of Ingland as sworne Inglisman and of the act of parliament maid anent sick men thai tyne sick commoditie and proffect as thai may have within this realm a1585 Maitl. Q. 39/24.
Tyine 1585 Perth B. Ct. 15 June.
Fundis the said Williame to be ane idill vagabound and hes nocht quharupon to liwe nor na guidis to tyn 1590 St. A. Kirk S. 661.
Promising to satisfie … and to that effect to deliver ane sufficient plege and if sche satisfeis nocht … to tyn the plege 1602 Dundonald Par. Rec. 5.
Scho wald willinglie tyn ane pairt of thair pryce gif the said … Bessie desyrit thameproverb. a1598 Ferg. Prov. MS No. 600.
He that wones a pennie tynes nothing(2) 1456 Hay I 148/29.
Bot I remede, I am like to tyne up all, bathe wyf, barnis, and menȝe, land, lythe and placep.t. ?1438 Alex. ii 2324.
Ȝe haue mare conquerit … Than Priam … Tynt 1489 Treas. Acc. I 129.
The kingis schip … tynt hir cabillis ?a1500 Steel Roy Robert 134.
Robert the Bruce rakleslie First tynt syn wan ws wichtlie 1501–2 Treas. Acc. II 139.
To ane Spanȝart that tynt his pak, be the kingis command, vj Franch crounis 1502–3 Treas. Acc. II 303.
For ane hat to Alexander Stewart … quhen he tynt his aun hat a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 294 (B).
The … apill … That Adame eit quhen he tint parradyce 1524 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 73.
Woll … borowit the clok … and in his fleing tynt it 1535 Stewart 35088.
Tha tynt mair na tha wan(b) 1522–3 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 67.
James Watsonis wyff … wost nocht that the kow pertenit to hir quhill efterwart scho tynnit the kow c1586 Rait & Cameron King James's Secret 90.
I tald him giff that he tinitt Skotland he was able to tyin Inglandp.p. 1375 Barb. xix 685.
The man leyt hym begilyt ill That he his gud salmound had tynt a1400 Leg. S. vii 239.
Nocht all anerly because of ded Of Jamis tynt wes swa that sted 14.. Burgh Laws c. 110 (B).
Gude new stollyn or tynte fra hym 1456 Hay I 135/23.
Gif hors and harnes that is hyrit be tynt in bataill place, gif thai suld be restorit agayne 1516 Sc. Hist. Rev. XL 111.
The quhilkis precept and acquittance war baith tynt in ane box … in the … feild of Floudone 1565 Reg. Privy C. I 409.
To haif tynt and forfaltit lyff, landis, and gudis for certane crymes of tressoun 1576 Crail B. Ct. 26 June.
The expenses to be maid thairupoun salbe lossit and tynt(b) a1570-86 Maitl. F. 442/35.
No warldlie thing sould thé affray Gif thow till Him haif conscience clein Thouht it be lost or teint the day

b. specif. To lose (chiefly, money) (in betting or a transaction of some sort). Also absol.(1) 1497 Treas. Acc. I 362.
To the king himself, to the cartis, that he tint with the Erle of Lenochis … iij vnicornis 1502 Treas. Acc. II 347.
To Inglis Cuddy to lous his buttonis he tynt at the cartis 1502 Treas. Acc. II 143.
To the king himself quhilk he tynt with Alexander Lawedir, xiiij s. 1504 Treas. Acc. II 462.
To the king to the cartis, lx Franch crounis, and tynt 1506–7 Treas. Acc. III 374.
To the king quhilk he tynt on schuting with the corsbow with William Douglas xxviij s. 1511–12 Treas. Acc. IV 325.
To Arthur Bruise, merchand, because he tynt ane leit de camp with the king at the cartis, xx Franch crounis 1643 Baillie II 107.
Yow must not look to expences, when presentlie we are either to winn the horse or tyne the sadle(b) 1541 Lochleven Compt Bk. 22b (7 July).
Tent at the cartis(2) 1560 Edinb. Old Acc. II 116.
Thar was tynt be the Ingliche layit money ressavit be Patrik Browne … in uptakine of the malis [etc.] 1590 Mill Mediæv. Plays 199.
Item tynt vpone the wecht of the said tua gaddis … ix s. 1597 Wedderb. Compt Bk. 98.
I tynt xxj lib. on thame, they being all grissillis and he selling me thame for salmondabsol. 1561–2 Dumfries B. Ct. 42a.
Riche Blakstok … promist to him that he suld tyne of na guds nor geris … quhilkis he coft fra hym

c. To confiscate, cause to be forfeit. Also in fig. context. a1497, 15.. Gray MS iv 126.
And I am lord of blis & pyne And at my will ma lous & bynd: Fra thé I will my ȝeitis tyne Als lang as thow art sa vnkynd 1561 Dumfries B. Ct. 16a.
Geif … ony prenteis commits ony … theft … it suld be lesum to geif that prenteis his leif & tyne his guds gevin with hym

d. To incur (a fine, penalty). 1410–11 Reg. Episc. Brechin. I 32.
Dauid Panter … and William of Crawmond in sic amerciament as thai aw to tyn in to this court for the wrangus reconteryng of the said borch 1425 (1426) Reg. Great S. 11/1.
Wnder the payn of perel that efter folowys and al that yhe may tyn enent ws 1461 Newburgh B. Ct. 4b.
Dan King is in amersiment sic as he aucht to tyn 1475 Prestwick B. Rec. 26.
Marioun Millar is in ane vnlau of the curt, sic as scho acht to tyne 1478 Reg. Cupar A. I 212.
Al thir pwntis forsad be treuly kepit ondyr al peynis tha ma tyne of law 1503 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. I 48.
Adiugit in amerciament of the said court for as thai aucht to tyne of law for the vrangfull spoliacioun of the said cornys 1571–2 Canongate Ct. Bk. 353.
The said Johnne is convict be thame of trublance … and thairfoir wes adiugit in ane unlaw and amerchiament of court sik as he awcht to tyne upon law 1622-6 Bisset I 311/3.
And this on nawyise thow leif undone under all pane, that thow may tyne aganist me

e. To be deprived of, give up or abandon (an office, right, etc.) (usu. on account of a misdemeanour, etc.). Also const. doun.See also Omit v. 4 for further examples.(1) ?14.. Ship Laws c. 21 (B).
Gyf thai [sc. the crew] help nocht the mayster he is nocht haldyn to len thaim nathyng for than thai hafe tynte thair hyrys 14.. Acts I 35/2.
Gif the criour … takis ony hyre … to empare the constitucion of the toune … he sall tyne his office 1442 Aberd. B. Rec. I 8.
That al … be sworne to rise … in the defence of the toune … and quhasa … absentis him willfully, he sal tyne his fredome c1475 Wall. iv 67.
Cowardly ye lik to tyne your rycht 1484 (c1580) Edinb. B. Rec. I 50.
He sall pay ane vnlaw of xl s. … and tyne his fredome for yeir and day 1490 Irland Mir. I 89/5.
The hie stage that the angell throu prid tynt and fell fra 1513 Doug. (Sm.) I cviii.
Gif he … hurtis the realme … by all raison and lawis he tynys his office, and aucht to be removit therfra 1513 Doug. xi i 135.
Quhat beld or supple In hym hes tynt Ausonya the ryng … quhon gret deill hes lost Ascanyus 1531 Crim. Trials I i 155.
That thai haue tynt and sall tyne thair offices and neuer to brouk nor vse the samyn in tyme to cum 1533 Bell. Livy I 42/23.
Thay [sc. Sabines] desirit ane king to be create of thare blude, that thai suld nocht tyne thare possessioun to regnne 1565 Edinb. Univ. MS La.iii.388a, 4b.
He sall tyne his place and the samyn sall vaik 1584 St. A. Test. II 40b.
Providing if sche tyne hir wedowheid that his said thrid part … cum to his bairnis behuif 1597 Misc. Spald. C. II xlix.
He quha … did nocht justice, sall tine his court for ȝeire and daie 1622 Scot Course of Conformity 35.
In case he be deposed … from his office of the ministery, he shall also tyne his vote in Parliament(b) 1580 Inverness Rec. I 286.
Ilkane of thame … to be decernit to haiff teynt thair fredomes and prewilege of this our burcht 1601 R. Brown Paisley I 230.
Decernit to tyne and to have tent his fredome of the said burghe(2) 1579 Conv. Burghs I 88.
All … fremen … to cum … and remane within the samyn [sc. town] … gif they failȝie … they salbe put furth of their rollis, thair friedomes tynt doun

f. intr. To get lost, go astray. 1669 Boyd Fam. P. No. 293 (15 April).
As to the acompt of your money I think I sent it in the mustard dish if it have tint if it came not to yor hand I sall send it ovir agane

2. tr. To lose (life, limb, etc.). Also proverb. 1375 Barb. i 108.
That he ne suld lyff and lymmys tyne ?1438 Alex. i 511.
Ȝe sall all the headis tyne Or die, ilkane, with dule and pyne ?1438 Alex. i 1141.
He bocht full dere Schir Sampsonis dede, That he thairfore hes tynt the sueit c1420 Ratis R. 240.
Mony men throw werk of handis Tynis thar lyf, thar gud & landis 1456 Hay I 87/22.
He aw be the law of armes to tyne his hede tharfore … for … quha ever dois agayne the commandement of the duk of the bataill deservis dede 1456 Hay II 144/16.
Syk governaunce restoris agayn that thou has tynt in sueting 1460 Hay Alex. 623.
Sindrie folk haid tint baith feit and hand 1494 Loutfut MS 28a.
The papillon … before hir ded tynis hir wingis ?c1500 Rathen Manual 27/1.
Fals vittnes … quharthrow men tynys lyf or lymme a1538 Abell 90b.
Sanct Francis gret sa continualie the passion at maist he tint his eyn 1572–3 Canongate Ct. Bk. 434.
He suld nocht be compellit to entir in pley quhair the samyn tendis to the prejudice or hurt of his heritage or tyne lif or member 1590 Kirkcaldy B. Rec. 122.
Under the payne of tyning his lugis 1581-1623 James VI Poems I 69/7.
Thou [sc. Mercury] did perfyte that quhilk he [sc. Pan] bot espyit And efter that made Argus for to tyne … all his vvindois by itproverb. a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 1839.
Ye wald tyne baith your lugs and they were louse

3. To lose, be dispossessed of (a, chiefly, non-material attribute or faculty), to fail to maintain (a state of mind, intellect or character). Also proverb. and intr. Also const. of the location of the attribute. 1375 Barb. xv 198.
Thai that saw thar lord slayne Tynt hart a1400 Leg. S. Prol. 70.
That of his ene had tynt the sycht c1400 Troy-bk. ii 1739.
Thai disparit and all hope tynt ?1438 Alex. i 425.
And I left ȝow … I sould all warldis honour tyne 14.. Reg. Maj. c. 49.
He mycht tyne bath memor & resone c1420 Ratis R. 1735.
As gryt ȝovthed has na knaving, Richt sa grit eild has tynt that thing That it eir knev 1461 Liber Plusc. I 387.
The pointyr of a preyn Tynt nocht hir madenheid 1490 Irland Mir. II 56/8.
That the sone and the mone sal tyn thar licht ?a1500 Remembr. Passion 243.
Grant me that I tyne nocht pacience quhen I am accusit ?15… Watson Mazer (Royal Sc. Mus.).
Tyne geir tyne litil tyne honour tyne muckil tyne hart tyne al 1533 Boece 86b.
The oist … tynyng curage … to Cadall become randerit 1533 Bell. Livy II 199/1.
Thir pepil … tuke thare begynnyng of the Ethruschis … bot … thay haue tynt all the langage of Ethruschis 1561 Q. Kennedy Oratioune 17.
Treuly the breid and wyne beande ministrat and ressauit efter this maner be the quhilk the wourdis of the latter supper (This is my body) ar tint in the telling ma weill be callit … ane simple signe c1570 6th Rep. Hist. MSS 652/1.
Hir lychtis … wer blekynnitt, and tynt thair cullour 1580 Skeyne Descr. Well Sig. A 4b.
Efter the xx day of September it tynes the medicinal strenth 1573-1600 Burne Disput. in Cath. Tr. (STS) 133/9.
Hebreu, Greik, and Latine toungis … tynis the grace … gif thay be translated 1573-1600 Burne Disput. in Cath. Tr. (STS) 143/5.
The minister Kelloche eftir he had murdreist his vyf, tint his authoritie 1596 Dalr. I 51/27.
The salmonte, … tynes in smal watiris, … the gret fatnes, that thay fand in the braid sey 1605 Crim. Trials II 479.
Ane of the said barnes eyne, that was ofbefoir tynt, throw the said disease, was restoirit to hir(b) c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 201/4.
Quhy will ȝe, merchantis … Lat Edinburgh … The commone proffeitt tyine and fame?(c) ?c1500 Rathen Manual 27/1.
We cursis … all thai that … sclanderis man or woman … quairthrov thai tynne thair gude naimeproverb. a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 220.
A taile oftimes tald tynes the taistintr. 1544–5 Corr. M. Lorraine 129.
As I beleif he sall tyne of his ene

b. tr. To fail to retain in position. ?1438 Alex. i 1858.
He tint His sterapis and to the erd he ȝeid

c. To lose, fail to retain (one's soul, eternal life, etc.). Freq. passive without agent. Also reflex. a1400 Leg. S. ii 1170.
For-thi he can hym sare repent, & gretly lof[it] God & Paule, That wald nocht thole hym tyn his saule a1400 Leg. S. iii 449.
One … That suld be verray God and man … to restore thane The liff that men had tynt 1456 Hay I 16/27.
Wrang errouris, the quhilkis tynis mony a saule a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 64 (Asl.).
Fader of falset … Makis mony a man to tyne a hevinlie crowne 1533 Gau 44/2.
The Dewil … inwiit that man vesz maid to the euerlestand blis quhilk he haid tintpassive a1400 Leg. S. xvi 239.
How that man wes tynt for syne a1487 Gud Wyf & D. 306.
Thus bath ar tynt throu vikkidnas c1490 Irland Asl. MS 4/29.
Trowand to his perswasioun, all mankynd was tynt c1490 Irland Asl. MS 54/28.
Deit he in that stait, he war alluterly tynt and condampnit 1533 Gau 69/31.
Haid He notht rissine vp fra deid thane we haid beine tint and ȝeit in our sinnisreflex. Arundel MS 246/217.
O gude Jesu, my iniquite and syn mot nocht tyne my self quhom thi gret gudnes hes vnfilit

d. To lose (one's way). Also intr. to get lost. 1540 Lynd. Sat. 3505 (Ch.).
Thay tyne thir steps all thay quha ever did sin, In pride, invy [etc.]intr. c1536 Lynd. Compl. Bagsche 207.
Quhen … all your treddingis gar ȝow tyne

4. tr. To be deprived of, fail to retain (a, chiefly, non-material benefit bestowed by another); to lose (sight, control, etc.) of, to disregard (a state of affairs, process, etc.). 1456 Hay I 84/30.
For he is lathe to tyne the prouffit and the honour of his lorde a1500 Henr. Fab. 2269.
This tarying wyll tyne thé all thy thank a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 125 (Asl.).
And treuth retorne … Quhilk … wele nere tynt has bene 1490 Irland Mir. III 27/32.
Coniunccioun with the body of Jhesu … thi saule will neuir tyn 1490 Irland Mir. III 52/11.
The first fallin of Adam quhen he tynt the hie gyfte of iustice originale 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 1752.
Commandand me to … put in ryme that proces than quite tint 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 1543.
Roboam … throw his helie pride Tint all his liegis hartis c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 167/22.
Ane goldsmith said, The gold is sa fyne That all the workmanschip I tyne 1535 Stewart 137.
Forsuith that war I laith, Your kyndnes tyne 1567 Anderson Collect. Mary I 95.
All respectis laid apart ayther to tyne all in ane hour, or to bring to pas that thing he had takin in hand a1568 Bell. in Bann. MS 1b/40.
Quhen Adame wes fund inobedient … Perpetualy … Off thy blist visage tynt fruisioun 1570 Cal. Sc. P. III 521.
[I have] tinte [my whole credit, saving with yourself] a1570-86 Maitl. F. 207/17.
Giff thow thair hairtis fra thé tyne … Suppois that thow had kinrikis nyne Thy kinglie powar sall decres 1590-1 R. Bruce Serm. 8.
In every sacrament that hes a relation there man be twa things … Take me away ane … ye tyne the relation, and tyning the relation, ye tyne the sacrament

b. To lose sight or track (of land, etc.). 1375 Barb. vii 21 (C).
He suld ger Bath the sleuthhund & the ledar tyne The sleuth men gert him ta a1400 Leg. S. xvi 428.
Thai … saylit furth [a] day & nycht, Til thai of land [had] tynt the sicht 1513 Doug. iii iii 82.
Sycht of land was tynt on euery syde 1513 Doug. iii v 17.
Sone the citeis of Corsyra tyne we And vp we pyke the cost of Epyrus c1625 Lett. & St. P. Jas. VI 381.
Thay haueing tint sight of thir horsemen, throw occasioun of a little howe in the way 1637 Rutherford Lett. (1894) 448.
Tine not sight of Him in this cloudy and dark day

5. To lose (persons, horses, etc.) by death, esp. in battle. Freq. passive without agent, to be killed, passing into an intensive, to suffer extremely. Also reflex. and intr. Also const. of the persons lost.(a) a1400 Leg. S. xxi 105.
A vedow has sad … Quhow that scho tynt had hir husband ?1438 Alex. i 2297.
Thay tint at that preking Sum hors ?1438 Alex. ii 1661.
At Gaderis tynt I our great deill! Thar I tint Pyrrus and Gaudefeir And Sampsoun 1587 Elgin Rec. II 7.
Scho had be hir negligence tint tua bairnis being in bed with hir(b) c1535 Lennox Mun. 347.
Teynitpassive c1420 Wynt. v 4150.
In that dyssayt wes tynt mony For all that folowyd hym … drownyd ware c1475 Wall. v 84.
Sexty war slayne of Inglismen … And ix off Scottis thair tynt was 1554–5 Ayr B. Acc. 122.
[For a horse] that wes tynt rydand the tounes affares [£5 13 s. 4 d.] 1572-5 Diurn. Occurr. 225.
The haill armes and horssis … wer … tint and perisched a1578 Pitsc. I 143/3.
Ane great pairt of the keiperis … was parichit and tint for hunger and thrist a1585 Polwart Flyt. 811 (T).
Mony trewer hes bene tint 1620 Brechin Kirk S. 11 April.
Umquhill John Thomsone (wha was tint in the water) 1639 Kirkcaldy Presb. 158.
She hard the said Isobell say to him, Woe is me, yee ar tint for coldreflex. ?1438 Alex. ii 2795.
He is in point now for to tyne, Him-self and his four sonnesintr. 1375 Barb. iii 39.
We sall tyne off our small mengȝe 1533 Boece 165.
King Gald … sa oftymes chaissit, tynyng of horsmen and futemen

b. tr. To lose, fail to gain or retain (a person) as a wife, supporter, etc. c1460 Thewis Gud Women 279.
Mony gud madyne … For fault of mareag in tyme, Ar tint for falt of warldis gud c1475 Wall. v 121.
And he war fals, to enemys he wald ga; Gyff he war trew, the Sothroun wald him sla. Mycht he do ocht bot tyne him as it was? a1500 Seven S. 1095.
Hald ȝe me heire ȝe will me tyne 1528 St. P. Henry VIII IV 500.
Haif ye remanent of our liegis humile and obedient, thane to tyne thame 1543–4 Corr. M. Lorraine 68.
Throwe your doyngis ye ar rycht habyll to gar me tyn the quenis grace 1565 Bk. Univ. Kirk I 67.
Knowing … if scho sould receive any change in her awin religioun, that sho sould tyne … her friends … wilbe laith to put in hazard the lose of all her freinds 1567 Sat. P. iv 31.
Hir licherous luife … Not onelie ȝow, Lordis, causand me to tyne, Bot als, allace! fra my trew God declyne a1568 Bann. MS 144b/32.
Is nane … sa hardy man that dar Schir Penny tyne or dissobey a1585 Maitl. Q. 72/33.
To tyne ȝour nichtbour ȝour kinsmen & ȝour freindis For gredines of onye land

6. To waste (effort, time, etc.). Also proverb. 1375 Barb. viii 350.
& quhen he saw he tynt his payn He turnyt his bridill & to-ga a1400 Leg. S. iii 752.
Tynte ?1438 Alex. ii 396.
Quha will worke be ȝour counsell, May nocht mis honour na tyne trauell ?14.. Ship Laws c. 18 (B).
Thar for sal he nocht tyne hys tyme and he hafe weddyr befor hym 1525 St. P. Henry VIII IV 333.
I beleif that I sall do swa in thir partis that the king and ȝe sal nocht think it tynt that ȝe do to me 1543 Acts II 431/1.
Throw his remanyng here he … tynt grete tyme 1560 Cal. Sc. P. I 325.
The boy … dois no guid bot tynis tyme 1562 Inv. Q. Mary cxi n.
Ye bot tyn your tym, for … they will neuer meit togither a1578 Pitsc. I 144/7.
Ȝe will nocht lose and tyne the great tyme and laubor quhilk in tyme past ȝe haue spendit 1587-99 Hume 58/222.
The glore of God with that of mortall men, Sall tyne bot time, and tyre his painefull pen 1602 Conv. Burghs II 138.
Giff … ony skipper … be brocht to sic strait swa that he … can bot vnlaydin his schip and tyne his vayage a1605 Montg. Devot. P. vi 83.
Tyins 1605-6 Welsh Forty-eight Serm. 409.
Ye would think it no small matter to tyne one day by the way a1633 Hope Major Pract. II 27.
The president … [is to] put the men of law to ane poynt, and suffer them not to tyne tyme with idle discourses c1650 Spalding I 176.
Thay gat ane bleat ansuer, and so tynt thair travell c1650 Spalding I 241.
He had few auditoris except the regentis and studentis, who thocht thay tynt thair lessones idlie to heir himproverb. a1598 Ferg. Prov. No. 475.
It is tint that is done to childe and auld men a1598 Ferg. Prov. No. 518.
It is not tint that is done to friends

b. To spoil, waste (one's life, opportunities, person, etc.), to bring ruin upon oneself, to be ruined. Chiefly reflex. Also passive. a1400 Leg. S. xxviii 535.
Of thi ȝouthed … Tyne nocht the floure c1600 Montg. Suppl. xxx 47.
Sen thow hes grantit me so gude ingyne … Lat me no moir so trim ane talent tynereflex. c1475 Wall. viii 85.
Mycht he be maid trew stedfast … Be wit and force he can do mekill thing: Bot willfully he likis to tyne him sell 1490 Irland Mir. I 111/23.
Nouthire has he folowit oure counsale … bot cruelly tynt him self … brekand thi precept and command c1490 Porteous Noblenes 177/14 (A).
Honour allway levis him that intendis to pillage and for proffet that tynis him self and all his laubour 1513 Doug. iv Prol. 87.
Lo, quhou thai tyne thame self for schort delyte! 1531 Bell. Boece II 171.
Gif ye othir wayis do, ye sall tyne yourself … but ony recoverpassive a1500 Peblis to Play 32.
Allace quod she … Am I nocht cleirlie tynt? I dar nocht cum ȝon mercat to, I am so ewill sone brint 1533 Boece Proheme 4b.
Quhat nobylmen and ladies has bene tynt Quhen thay with lusts were intoxicat c1568 Lauder Minor P. v 7.
Quha hants hurdome, no dout he [pr. be] sall be tint

c. proverb. ? To misuse (an implement). a1598 Ferg. Prov. No. 739.
Seldome rides, tynes the spurres

7. To fail to gain (something). Also proverb. ?1438 Alex. i 2477.
He tynes his mekill prys That at the end dois fantys. Quha dois best at the ending, Thay haue pryse ?1438 Alex. ii 3730.
The sing of lufe will I nocht tyne [F. laissier] 1456 Hay I 146/8.
Quhethir suld he be allowit of that monethis wages, or tyne thame, sen he is fra the weris 1490 Irland Mir. III 60/02.
Aduersite … walknys the saule to consider the peral it is in and quhat premiacioun it is able to tyne in paradice 1493 Acts II 235/1.
Anent the greit … ryches that is tint in fault of shippis and buschis to be disponit for fischeing 1543–4 Corr. M. Lorraine 68.
[I] fand the kynngis grace … weill myndyt … to your awancement profeit and honor, quhowe beid I heir … report … that ye ar rycht habyll tyll tyn all this throwe your awyn mysgydyng 1584 Reg. Soltre 241.
Vnchaptourit personis sall tyne thair haill … seill siluer … for that present yeir 1588 Glasgow B. Rec. I 120.
To tak the myln … or ellis to tyne the samyn 1589 Conv. Burghs I 297.
Incais the samyn [sc. warning] be now tintt sall nocht preiuge the said burgh c1590 J. Stewart 72/68.
To catche ane frog and tyns the perle but peir 1604-31 Craig i 19.
Our garland lacks the rose, our chatton tins the stone a1613 Melville Mem. xxiv.
I lost my credit … and tint my rewardproverb. a1598 Ferg. Prov. No. 638.
Monie tynes the halfe marke whinger, for the halfe pennie whange

b. To lose (a battle, etc.). ?1438 Alex. ii 430.
That he sould answer … Quhidder he sould win or tyne the feild ?1438 Alex. ii 1200.
Heir cumis Clarus … Armit and all his company All sarraly ridand in battale. And we tyne ocht, withoutin fale, It is tynt thing for euer mair 1456 Hay I 50/32.
His men tuke sik dispaire … that the bataill was tynt a1500 Henr. Fab. 2320.
Tyne nocht thy querrell in thy awin defence c1515 Asl. MS I 266/18.
The first twa ȝeris he lost & tynt the feldis and was chasit & drevyne abak 1531 Bell. Boece I 59.
Tine nocht … the victory be civill dissentioun, that ye have conquest with gret labour 1567 G. Ball. 30.
Thay sall baith thair quarrell tyne a1568 Scott ii 48.
Eikwall juges satt abowt To se quha tynt or wan the feild 1571 Anal. Scot. I 281.
The said Johne tyntt the fedill, and was tayne, and syndre of his kyne and frends slayne a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xxiii 26.
Far rather had I ȝeild, Nor feght and tyn the feild 1604-31 Craig iv 23.
They … with their tongues … tyne the fielde 1681 Colvil Whig's Suppl. (1681) i 15.
Whether he gain the day, or tine [etc.]

c. To lose (a court action). 1397 Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 35.
Qwha sa … wil nocht let thaim to borgh he sal tyne his action 14.. Burgh Laws c. 65 (A).
Gif he cumis nocht within the said termes he sal tyn his mut of that day 1488 Acta Conc. I 91/2.
My lordis of consale has constitut … maister Richard Lawsoune clerk of the justicery … factour for thaim to raise all vnlawis of ony personis that tynnis ther cause 1496–7 Acta Conc. II 61.
The lordis wil raise … the unlaw of xl s. of the party that tynis his accione or thai depart owt of the tolbuth 1498 Acta Conc. II 223.
Quhether he win or tyn the accione 1563 Annandale Corr. 272.
Ye haife throw your being at the horne tent your gud cas 1608 Inverurie B. Ct. 26 April.
And in ceice the said George followis this mater in ony wthir court obleis him tyn the court 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. i 106b.
And the third day the partie followand is absent, and makes ane default, … he sall be amerciat, … and he sall against his partie tine his action a1633 Hope Major Pract. II 310.
The party that tynes a plea within burgh should pay the winner his expenses 1638 Rec. Kirk Scotl. 162.
If either reason, scripture, or antiquitie had place, he will tyne the cause

d. To miss (an appointment, occasion, etc.). 1513 Doug. Comm. i iv 98.
Vennyson owt of ply tynys the sesson 1543 Corr. M. Lorraine 46.
Your graces man of law hes arreistit our schip and guddis … quhairthrow we haif tynt the mercat a1570-86 Maitland in Maitl. F. 447/4.
Quhill we do the cair of tyme delay We tyne the tyde and do lament to laitt 1592 Edinb. B. Rec. V 74.
Sic persouns, quha, for distance of place, behoveth to tyne the Monenday merkat without thai travell upoun the Sonday

8. absol. or intr. To lose a contest, court action, etc. ?1438 Alex. ii 213.
I ȝarne it maist of ony thing To turnay … With auld Clarus … Tine he sall, outhir leif the land, Or de, or than cum recryand ?a1450 Florimond 35.
Men tynis upone sindre wyis: In fere landis greit tinsall lyis c1563 Reg. Panmure I xxxii.
If he tint [sc. at golf], he newir vald entir in ane browster hows, bot cawsit ane of his serwandis to gange and pay for al 1581-1623 James VI Poems II 128/118.
Againe ye cumme if ye will essey me sine To trie your horse that lost the other daye We neede not take no caire which of ws tine Since both our honours is long since awaye 1681 Colvil Whig's Suppl. (1751) 82.
Men oft by change of station tines, Good lawyers may prove bad divines

b. In collocation with win: (To be liable) to win or lose (in an affair), hence, to be a participant, to be partial. Also proverb.(a) 1375 Barb. xii 374 (C).
For in punȝeis is oft hapnyne Quhill for to vyne, and quhill to tyne ?1438 Alex. i 576.
I sall induce ȝow to begin This bargane, quha-sa tyne or win 14.. Reg. Maj. c. 121.
Ciuile pleis alswel be him self as be ane ansuerand for him in his stede to folow outher to wyn or tyn c1475 Wall. ii 295.
I can nocht say … In rewlle of wer, quhethir thai tynt or wan c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 200/31.
Sum is continuit, sum wynnis, sum tynis 1516 Fife Sheriff Ct. 46.
The said partiis … to produce … sic evidentis & probacionis as thai wil wse baith to tyne and vyne 1558 Admir. Ct. Bk. (St. S.) 75.
The said David was ane of the victuellaris … and swa mycht wyn and tyn in this caus 1567 Crail B. Ct. 11 Nov.
The said Vilȝem & I wos partenaris … & we tyne & vyne of the said blaik as God vald mak fortoun & change 1583 Glasgow Prot. VIII 81.
Incais actioun be movit … wee ordane the said Margret and Jonet … to defend, tyne and win thairin alyke a1633 Hope Major Pract. II 266.
In matters that ar done upon the sea, the mariners that ar of the equipage may be wittnesses, albeit they may tyne or win in the cause 1699 Conv. Burghs IV 281.
The person elected commissionar … be testified to be ane person that hath intrest in the said burgh … and can tin and win in all ther affairs(b) 1657 Arbroath Old Doc. 7/2.
We shall … stand to the intermost, that all alyk may teyne and win in the commone causeproverb. a1598 Ferg. Prov. No. 56.
As good merchant tynes as wins

c. In collocation with win: To bring (a court action, matter, etc.) to a point where someone wins or loses, to bring (it) to a conclusion. 1491 Dunferm. B. Rec. I 34.
And my saidis procur[atour]is power to wyn and tyn as I wer present in propir persone 1498 Acta Conc. II 191.
Til summond maa witnes agane the sade day as he wil win and tyne in the mater 1500 Acta Conc. II 474.
With power to win and tyne as the law schawis 1529 Ecclesia Antiqua 45.
[The bailies … continues the donation of the altar … until Monday … and warn all parties that has any interest … to bring their rights with them the same day as they will] wynne and tyne 1531–2 Dunferm. Reg. Ct. 51.
He mycht nothir wyne nor tyne to the said Dayme Elesone nor Jhone Orrok vithout his actione var intentit be thair rychtis in thair naymes 1540 Ecclesia Antiqua 41.
[George Baird … till produce his evidents … as he will use in that matter and] wynne and tyne [and to show his defence [etc.]] 1545 St. P. Henry VIII V 477.
We admit the sadis commissionaris to bind and to lowse, … to tyn and to wyn, … as our awin propir personis war presentis 1561 Dumfries B. Ct. 10b.
Petir Carnis … ordanit Adam Valkear his procurator … to perform all & sundrye the contents of his evident rycht of the said boytht to vyne & tyne as the law levis 1563 St. A. Kirk S. 185.
Gyf Cristen or Jhon hes … ony other lawful defence to stop the mariaig … to allege the sam, as sche tyll tyn and wyn 1568–9 Rec. Earld. Orkney 126.
That the said actioun may be cognoscit in thair haill presens swa that na falt be found in the proceding of justice and thair to defend in the said caus as they will wine and tyne and that day to be peremptour and last dyat

9. To cease to know the whereabouts of, to mislay (an object, etc.); to allow (an object) to pass out of one's keeping (by carelessness, etc.). Also absol.There is some overlap with sense 1.pres. a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 1099 (Wr.).
The man may able tine a stot Who cannot count his kinchabsol. 1549 Compl. 83/29, 32, 33.
This vord perdet … signifeis to distroye and it signifies to tyne. It is vritin in the fyft psalme … The expositione of this passage signifies nocht that God tynis them that ar learis, for God can tyne na thing. There can no thing be tynt bot quhen he that tynis ane thing … knauis nocht quhair it is [etc.]p.t. 1576 Crim. Trials I ii 51.
Be quhat art … sche culd tell … persounes of thingis thai tynt 1596 Dalr. I 122/28.
Quha findes that his nychtbour tynte, lat him cry it, that it is fund 1621 Maxwell Mem. 327.
For the spuris finding that Willie tint … iiij d.p.p. 1456 Hay I 262/22.
Sayand alssua that he has tynt his evidencis

b. passive. Of an object, etc.: To be lost or mislaid, to go astray.(a) a1500 Henr. Fab. 75.
Jowellis ar tint, as oftymis hes bene sene Vpon the flure, and swopit furth a1500 Henr. Fab. 155.
Now allace this iasp is tynt and hid. We seik it nocht nor preis it for to find 1532 Treas. Acc. VI 29.
For bawis tynt be the kingis grace in Maister James Haliburtoune's caiche pule 1549 Compl. 12/28.
Ane hen … may scraipe … quhil sche scraip furtht sum ald knyfe that hes been tynt 15.. Lichtoun Dreme 57 (B).
I socht my self and I was sevin ȝeir tynt, Ȝit in ane mist I fand me on the morne 1567 Acts II 552/1.
Quhair ony sic bill or placard of defamatioun beis fundin affixt or tint the persoun first … findand the samin sall tak it and … distroy it … and gif he failȝeis therin … the first … findar … salbe punist in the samin maner as the first inventar writtar tynar and vpsettar of the samin c1575 Balfour Pract. 364.
Gif ony persoun producis in judgment the copie of ane instrument of sasine, and alledgis that the principal is tint 1583–4 Perth B. Ct. 21 Jan.
Tuiching the ressauing of his purs … fra Johne Murray … quhilk he fund apone the gait tint be the said Robert Sinclair 1585 Reg. Privy C. IV 14.
Quhilk declaratioun be chance is lost and tynt 1590 Nat. Lib. MS 34. 2. 17 21.
Nota of the ii^do [? trunschouris] Tua ar tint and ane is in pledge to Mr. Joⁿ Stairis 1604 Fraser Sir-Name of Baird 47.
Gif ye wreat not the superscription into Frenshe, your letter sall be tint 1632 Peebles Gleanings 126.
To John Plenderlaith, for … making ane key thairto (the key being tint be the fleshers) a1633 Hope Major Pract. I 154.
Men's sealls may be feinȝied, and happen to be tint and used to their prejudice(b) 1497 Treas. Acc. I 352.
Giffin for ij pailȝoune broggis that wer tynit(c) 1568 Misc. Spald. C. III 212.
My leters is bin so oft tent

c. fig. To lose from the mind, memory, etc., to forget. 1513 Doug. ix v 76.
I hecht forsuyth that deid sall nevir be tynt 1530 Lynd. Test. Pap. 632.
War deuotioun, wysedome, and honestie, And credence tynt, thay mycht be found in thé 1535 Stewart 23.
Mony nobill storie, Lang tyme befoir tynt out of all memorie a1651 Calderwood III 455.
The booke of the law of God, a long time doun smored and keeped in silence, yea, utterlie tint and forgottin

d. intr. To become lost, go astray. 1549 Compl. 69/24.
Part of the schieldis & harnes var brokyn ande roustit, ande reddye to fal ande tyne furtht of the bordour of that mantil

II. 10. To perish; die; cease; wither away, decay. a1400 Leg. S. xxxiii 743.
Thane Dacyane nere tynt for tene c1400 Troy-bk. ii 1072 (C).
When the fayre Pollycena To sacrifice be led suld … The kynges all to-gyddere ran … to se hyre than, That in fourme of so gret fayrnes For to tyne c1420 Wynt. viii 2367 heading (W).
Off the batall of Roslyne, And how the Inglismen thare couth tyne a1500 Rauf C. 58.
Baith my self and my hors is reddy for to tyne; I pray thé bring me to sum rest c1490 Porteous Noblenes 105 (Ch. & M.).
The febil hert castyn in variance spillis & tynis 1529 Lynd. Complaynt 48.
My ingyne, Quhilk bene, for langour, lyke to tyne 1556 Lauder Off. Kings 96.
The kyng had … The rewle of hunders and thousandis, Quhome that he sufferit … To tyne and perysche 1560 Rolland Seven S. 574.
Vpon the sey thay sufferit greit perrell … Quhairthrow thay war all in point for to tine 1567 G. Ball. 36.
Bot thocht he suld for hunger tyne 1570 Sat. P. xix 103.
Gif ȝe perische, ȝour cause & freindis sall tyne c1575 Balfour Pract. 623.
Gif ony ship tine be storm of wether 1591 Misc. Spald. C. III 158.
Negligent counsallouris … hes lattin all common workis of our said burght alluterlie decay and tyne

11. tr. To cause to perish, to destroy; to kill; to defeat, ruin, harm; to dispel. Also absol.(a) 1460 Hay Alex. 2064.
Ane realm but reull may nocht stand And falt of law and iustice tynis the land c1460 Thewis Gud Women 247.
Pouertee tynis mony gud woman c1475 Wall. ii 53.
Vpon the hed ane with the steing hitt he … Ane othir he straik on a basnat of steille … His steyng was tynt, the Inglis man was dede c1490 Porteous Noblenes 75 (Ch. & M.).
Excesse … tynis all maner continence a1500 Bk. Chess 2009.
The sicht of flowris in the meid Tynis the thocht of his charge & ded c1490 Porteous Noblenes 182/22 (A).
Gud deid tynis neuer it self in na tyme bot samekle as it dois redoundis again to his mastere 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 1384.
Ȝone lustie schip thow seis pereist and tint 1517–18 Acta Conc. Publ. Aff. 117.
Our said soverane lord … becaus he wald na way tyne thaim … grantis ane remissioun [etc.] 1570 Sempill in Sat. P. xii 13.
Tint be ane tratour steilling vp ane close a1585 Maitl. Q. 104/30.
That fyire quhilk me devoring ay Hes saull & bodie tint a1586 Lindsay MS 31a.
The schipis … ar tint and drownit 1581-1623 James VI Poems II 36/25.
Thou dois thaire fruicte from earth destroye & tyne(b) 1460 Hay Alex. 10227.
Quha hes neis in mydwart … Thay ar aukward and illwilly of kynd Donsocht crabbit angry quhan thai ar teyndabsol. 1590-1 R. Bruce Serm. 110.
He has power onely to save and tine 1595 Duncan App. Etym.
Perdo, to tyne, to destroy

b. To exclude from grace. 1490 Irland Mir. II 9/33.
God full of all mercy tynis nocht the persoune that forthinkis the syn and trespas and … offeris his seruice to him 1549 Compl. 27/7.
It follouis nocht that God vil tyne vs perpetualye 1635 Dickson Wr. 32.
Wilt thou tyne me at last, when thou hast had so much care of me hitherto?