heyne

See also: Heyne

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English, meaning "low, mean".

Noun

heyne

1. A wretch; a rascal.
   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canon's Yeoman's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 1319-1320:

     He slyly took it out, this cursed heyne—
     Unwiting this preest of his false craft— [...]

     He slyly took it out, this cursed rascal—
     This priest not knowing of his false craft— [...]