lyne
See also: Lyne
English edit
Noun edit
lyne (countable and uncountable, plural lynes)
- Obsolete form of line.
- Obsolete form of linen.
- 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Muiopotmos, or The Fate of the Butterflie”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:
- Nor any weaver, which his work doth boast
In diaper, in damask, or in lyne,
Might in their diverse cunning ever dare
With this so curious net-work to compare.
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
See lyn (“lightning”)
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
lyne (imperative lyn, infinitive at lyne, present tense lyner, past tense lynede, perfect tense er/har lynet)
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English līne, from Proto-West Germanic *līnā, from Proto-Germanic *līnǭ (“line, rope, flaxen cord, thread”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lyne (uncountable)
- A plant of the genus Linum, especially Linum usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers.
- The fibers of Linum usitatissimum, grown and spun for use in textiles.
- Cloth woven from flax; linen.
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Descendants edit
References edit
- “lī̆n, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 April 2018.
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
lyne
- Alternative form of loyne (“loins”)
Etymology 3 edit
Adjective edit
lyne
- Alternative form of lynnen
Etymology 4 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lyne
- Alternative form of lynde
Etymology 5 edit
Verb edit
lyne
- Alternative form of linnen
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From lyn n (“lightning”).
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
lyne (present tense lyner, past tense lynte, past participle lynt, passive infinitive lynast, present participle lynande, imperative lyn)
- (impersonal, intransitive) to produce lightning
- det lyner
- it is lightning
- (intransitive) to emit one or more flashes, to gleam
- (intransitive, of eyes, idiomatic) to light up (in rage)
- (intransitive) to flash; to move very fast
- han lynte forbi meg
- he flashed past me
Etymology 2 edit
From the adjective ly (“lew, tepid”).
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
lyne (present tense lynar, past tense lyna, past participle lyna, passive infinitive lynast, present participle lynande, imperative lyne/lyn)