payn
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old French pain, from Latin panis (“bread”).
Noun edit
payn
- bread
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Piers Plowman to this entry?)
Alternative forms edit
Synonyms edit
Descendants edit
- English: pain (obsolete)
References edit
- “pain, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
payn
- Alternative form of pane (“textile”)
References edit
- “payn”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
payn
- Alternative form of payen (“pagan”)