peyne
Middle English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
peyne (plural peynes)
- pain (feeling of suffering)
Old Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin pectinem, accusative of pecten.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
peyne m (plural peynes)
- comb
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 27r:
- […] ⁊ ſi deſpues en aquella agua moiarẽ el peyne ⁊ peynarẽ con el los cabellos tinnen ſe negros de tintura q̃ dura muy grand tiempo.
- […] and if after they were to wet the comb in that water and comb their hair with it, they would be dyed black with a very long-lasting dye.
Related terms edit
- peynar (“to comb”)
Descendants edit
- Spanish: peine