† deveynn.

Forms: Middle English deueyn, Middle English deuyn, Middle English deveyn, Middle English deveyne.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymon: in vain adv. at vain adj. and n. Phrases 1a.

Etymology: An alteration of in vain adv. at vain adj. and n. Phrases 1a, apparently with (in the phrase in deveyn ) tautological addition of Anglo-Norman and Middle French de de prep.An adverbial phrase *de vain is not attested in French.

Obsolete. rare.

In phrase in deveyn(e, in vain.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > in vain [phrase]

in (or on) idlenessc825

in (earlier on, an) idlec1000

in idleshipa1250

in vaina1300

over tomeheda1300

(all) for noughtc1300

in waste1340

in deveyn(ec1400

to little availc1450

without availc1450

in fruster1488

to good (also great, some, little, no, etc.) purpose1525

for nothing1560

sans fail1597

for vaina1616

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. (MS. B) 17 Þat he traveylle noȝt in deveyne [MS. A, in veyn].

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. (MS. A) 120 Þei speken in devyn [MS. B, deveyn].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	deveyn
释义	† deveynn. Forms: Middle English deueyn, Middle English deuyn, Middle English deveyn, Middle English deveyne. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymon: in vain adv. at vain adj. and n. Phrases 1a. Etymology: An alteration of in vain adv. at vain adj. and n. Phrases 1a, apparently with (in the phrase in deveyn ) tautological addition of Anglo-Norman and Middle French de de prep.An adverbial phrase de vain is not attested in French. Obsolete. rare. In phrase in deveyn(e, in vain. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > in vain [phrase] in (or on) idlenessc825 in (earlier on, an) idlec1000 in idleshipa1250 in vaina1300 over tomeheda1300 (all) for noughtc1300 in waste1340 in deveyn(ec1400 to little availc1450 without availc1450 in fruster1488 to good (also great, some, little, no, etc.) purpose1525 for nothing1560 sans fail1597 for vaina1616 c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg.* (MS. B) 17 Þat he traveylle noȝt in deveyne [MS. A, in veyn]. c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. (MS. A) 120 Þei speken in devyn [MS. B, deveyn]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1400
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