"pynen" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun form}} pynen
  1. plural of pyne (“pain, torture”) Tags: form-of, plural Form of: pyne (extra: pain, torture)
    Sense id: en-pynen-enm-noun-Ol1TLiSW Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pain Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 10 24 27 15 9 9 7 Disambiguation of Pain: 34 36 12 0 18 0 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈpiːnən/
Etymology: Inherited from Old English pīnian, from Proto-West Germanic *pīnōn, from *pīnā (“pain, torture”); by surface analysis, pyne (“torture, torment”) + -en (infinitive suffix). Compare peynen. Etymology templates: {{etymon|enm|:inh|ang:pīnian|id=to torment}}, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|pīnian|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English pīnian, {{inh+|enm|ang|pīnian}} Inherited from Old English pīnian, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*pīnōn}} Proto-West Germanic *pīnōn, {{surf|enm|pyne|-en|id1=torture|id2=infinitival|nocap=1|pos2=infinitive suffix|t1=torture, torment}} by surface analysis, pyne (“torture, torment”) + -en (infinitive suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} pynen, {{enm-verb|stem=pyn}} pynen (third-person singular simple present pyneth, present participle pynende, pynynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle pyned) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|pyn}} Forms: pyneth [present, singular, third-person], pynende [participle, present], pynynge [participle, present], pyned [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], no-table-tags [table-tags], pynen [infinitive], to pynen [infinitive], pyne [infinitive], pyne [first-person, present, singular], pyned [first-person, past, singular], pynest [present, second-person, singular], pynedest [past, second-person, singular], pyneth [present, singular, third-person], pyned [past, singular, third-person], pyne [present, singular, subjunctive], pyned [past, singular, subjunctive], pyne [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], pynen [plural, present], pyne [plural, present], pyneden [past, plural], pynede [past, plural], pyneth [imperative, plural, present], pyne [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], pynynge [participle, present], pynende [participle, present], pyned [participle, past], ypyned [participle, past], pine [alternative], pyne [alternative], pynyn [alternative], pinenn [alternative, Early-Middle-English], pinin [alternative, Early-Middle-English], pini [alternative, Kent, Southern]
  1. To hurt; to inflict (physical) injury:
    To torment or torture; to injure punitively.
    Sense id: en-pynen-enm-verb--HM5yc4Z Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pain Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 10 24 27 15 9 9 7 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 25 27 15 11 12 11 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 27 28 12 11 12 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 40 20 8 8 8 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 37 36 6 6 6 5 Disambiguation of Pain: 34 36 12 0 18 0 0
  2. To hurt; to inflict (physical) injury:
    To injure oneself as penitence.
    Sense id: en-pynen-enm-verb-0NdEaUzk Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with entries, Pain Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 10 24 27 15 9 9 7 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 25 27 15 11 12 11 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 27 28 12 11 12 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 37 36 6 6 6 5 Disambiguation of Pain: 34 36 12 0 18 0 0
  3. To hurt; to inflict (physical) injury:
    To waste away; to starve or exhaust.
    Sense id: en-pynen-enm-verb-J8LM9vlT Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Pages using etymon with no ID Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 10 24 27 15 9 9 7 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 25 27 15 11 12 11 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 27 28 12 11 12 11
  4. To trouble or anguish; to cause distress.
    Sense id: en-pynen-enm-verb-JqLtq9om Categories (other): Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Pages using etymon with no ID, Pain Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 25 27 15 11 12 11 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 27 28 12 11 12 11 Disambiguation of Pain: 34 36 12 0 18 0 0
  5. To undergo injury; to suffer.
    Sense id: en-pynen-enm-verb-nhDDxg-j Categories (other): Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Pages using etymon with no ID Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 25 27 15 11 12 11 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 27 28 12 11 12 11
  6. (rare, reflexive) To strive or exert (oneself). Tags: rare, reflexive
    Sense id: en-pynen-enm-verb-x-mHlP2r Categories (other): Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Pages using etymon with no ID Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 25 27 15 11 12 11 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 27 28 12 11 12 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "form": "pini",
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          "english": "The fire of hell is permanent and forever unextinguished, so that it can always exist to scorch and torment […]",
          "ref": "c. 1180, Orͬm, “Secundum Iohannem .XVIII. [John 1:19]”, in Orͬmulum (Bodleian MS. Junius 1), Bourne Abbey, Lincolnshire, folio 80, recto; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 10 January 2019:",
          "text": "Þe fır off helle ıſſ endelæſ. ⁊ aᵹᫌ occ aᵹᫌ unᷠcƿenᷠkedd. Sƿa ꝥ ıtt muᵹͪe laſſtenᷠ. a. To bærnenᷠ. ⁊ to pınenᷠ.",
          "translation": "The fire of hell is permanent and forever unextinguished, so that it can always exist to scorch and torment […]",
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        "To torment or torture; to injure punitively."
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          "english": "\"Penitence is the lamentation of someone who regrets their sin, and scourges themself since they have acted wrongly.\"",
          "ref": "1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Persons Tale”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 236, recto:",
          "text": "Penıtence / ıs þe waẏmentẏnge of man / þᵗ soꝛweth foꝛ hıs sẏnne / and pẏneth hẏm self / foꝛ he hath mysdoon",
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          "english": "And Grace gave him the Cross with the Crown of Thorns, / that Christ suffered on for humanity up on Calvary.",
          "ref": "c. 1378-9, [William Langland], “Paſſus xıx᷒ et explıcıt Dobet // et ımplıcıt Dobeſt”, in [Piers Plowman, A Treatise on Sin] (W, B-text), London, published c. 1400, →OCLC, folio 121, verso; republished as Thorlac Turville-Petre, Hoyt N. Duggan, editors, Cambridge, Trinity College, MS B.15.17 (The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive; 2), SEENET, 2014, →ISBN:",
          "text": "¶ And Grace gaf hym þe cros. wıþ þe croune of þoꝛnes / That crıſt vp on Caluarıe. foꝛ mankynde on pyned",
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      "form": "pinin",
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          ],
          "english": "The fire of hell is permanent and forever unextinguished, so that it can always exist to scorch and torment […]",
          "ref": "c. 1180, Orͬm, “Secundum Iohannem .XVIII. [John 1:19]”, in Orͬmulum (Bodleian MS. Junius 1), Bourne Abbey, Lincolnshire, folio 80, recto; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 10 January 2019:",
          "text": "Þe fır off helle ıſſ endelæſ. ⁊ aᵹᫌ occ aᵹᫌ unᷠcƿenᷠkedd. Sƿa ꝥ ıtt muᵹͪe laſſtenᷠ. a. To bærnenᷠ. ⁊ to pınenᷠ.",
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          "english": "\"Penitence is the lamentation of someone who regrets their sin, and scourges themself since they have acted wrongly.\"",
          "ref": "1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Persons Tale”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 236, recto:",
          "text": "Penıtence / ıs þe waẏmentẏnge of man / þᵗ soꝛweth foꝛ hıs sẏnne / and pẏneth hẏm self / foꝛ he hath mysdoon",
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          "english": "And Grace gave him the Cross with the Crown of Thorns, / that Christ suffered on for humanity up on Calvary.",
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          "text": "¶ And Grace gaf hym þe cros. wıþ þe croune of þoꝛnes / That crıſt vp on Caluarıe. foꝛ mankynde on pyned",
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