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▪ I. † teyne Obs. rare. [a. ON. tein-n twig, rod: cf. gull-, járn-teinn rod of gold, of iron, MSw. tēn ‘smal stång (af metall)’, Söderwall; Sw. ten. Cognate with OE. tán, MDu. teen twig.] A slender rod of metal.
c1386Chaucer Can. Yeom. Prol. & T. 672 He took out of his owene sleeue A teyne of siluer Which þat was nat but an Ounce of weighte. Ibid. 676 He shoope his Ingot in lengthe and eek in breede Of this teyne. Ibid. 777 This preest took vp this siluer teyne anon And thanne seyde the Chanon let vs gon With thise thre teynes whiche þat we han wroght To som Goldsmyth and wite if they been ouht. ▪ II. teyne see teen n.1, tind v. Obs., to kindle. |