† hainn.
Obsolete.
An enclosure, a park.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting area > [noun] > forest or park
park1222
hainc1275
forest1297
firth?a1400
nether vert1598
haya1640
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [noun] > an enclosed space or place > an enclosed piece of ground
hawc825
towneOE
purprisea1275
hainc1275
wick1301
cerne1393
firmancea1522
haining1535
haya1640
pena1640
park1658
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2525 Ne sculde na cniht. hærȝien þær he hauede haines iwald [walled enclosures].
a1440 Sir Degrev. 70 Fayere parkes in-wyth haynus, Grett herdus in the playnus [Thornton MS. Grete hertes in the haynes, Faire bares in the playnes].
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hainv.1
/heɪn/, U.S. /heɪn/, Scottish English /hen/ Now Scottish and dialect.† 2. To shut up, confine, restrain. Obsolete. rare.
1. transitive. To enclose or protect with a fence or hedge; esp. to preserve (grass) from cattle.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclose [verb (transitive)] > with a fence or hedge
haya1050
frith1377
hain14..
hedgea1425
fence1435
tinec1440
bara1500
mound1515
fence1535
teen1616
mile1655
picket1745
ring-fence1761
zariba1885
society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > build or provide with specific parts [verb (transitive)] > furnish or surround with fence or hedge
haya1050
palea1382
palis?a1400
hain14..
tinec1440
bara1500
mound1515
impale1530
stowerc1555
palisado1607
teen1616
palisade1632
impile1633
cancel1650
wire1691
inrail1714
ring-fence1761
whin-kid1876
14.. [implied in: Forest Lawes c. i. §1 in Scot. Stat. I. 323 At þai enter nocht in ony hanyt place of þe woddis with þar bestis. (at hained adj. b)].
1555 Sc. Acts Mary c. 23 It is..ordanit..that the said wod of Falkland be..keipit and hanit for rysing of young grouth thairof.
1573 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 347 Portmeade shalbe hayned and layed freshe from Cattell untyll May daye.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xviii. xxviii A ground would be hained in, left lay, and kept for grasse and hey.
1787 G. Winter New Syst. Husbandry 328 Ten oxen..broke into the manured field which had been hayned for mowing.
1811 T. Davis Gen. View Agric. Wilts. (new ed.) 265 Hain up the land, to shut it up for a crop of hay.
1834 Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) I. xxxi. 486 The uplands are usually ‘hayned’, or laid up at Candlemas; but richer land is often left open until March.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > absence of movement > render immobile [verb (transitive)] > stop the movement of > stop course or flow of something
stinta1330
stop1393
intercept1545
blench1602
hain1636
screen1657
to break off1791
to turn off1822
to break one's fall1849
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclosing or confining > enclose or confine [verb (transitive)]
pena1200
bebar?c1225
loukc1275
beshuta1300
parc1300
to shut in1398
to close inc1400
parrockc1400
pinc1400
steekc1400
lock?a1425
includec1425
key?a1439
spare?c1450
enferme1481
terminea1500
bebay1511
imprisona1533
besetc1534
hema1552
ram1567
warda1586
closet1589
pound1589
seclude1598
confine1600
i-pend1600
uptie1600
pinfold1605
boundify1606
incoop1608
to round in1609
ring1613
to buckle ina1616
embounda1616
swathe1624
hain1636
coopa1660
to sheathe up1661
stivea1722
cloister1723
span1844
1636 R. James Iter Lancastrense (Chetham) 255 Can mans wise~domme haine The streames of Dee from gliding to ye maine?
3.
a. To spare, save, refrain from consuming or spending. Scottish.
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the mind > possession > supply > storage > store [verb (transitive)] > reserve > by dint of economy
spelec1175
savec1390
hain?1507
to save up1796
society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > moderation or reduction in expenditure > spend money sparingly [verb (transitive)] > avoid spending money
savec1390
to save one's pocket1700
hain1862
?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 51 Quhen he ane hal ȝear wes hanyt.
1572 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxx. 140 And ȝe wer in yair hands, yai wald not hane ȝow.
?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. 372 In Seytoun he remaned, Whair wyne and aill was nothing hayned.
1728 A. Ramsay Miser & Minos in Fables & Tales ii The Miser..shaw'd the ferryman a knack, Jumpt in, swam o'er, and hain'd his plack.
1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Hain, to save, to preserve.
1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 20 Jan. (1939) 73 ‘Hain your reputation, and tyne your reputation’ is a true proverb.
1862 A. Hislop Prov. Scotl. 21 A penny hain'd Is a penny gain'd.
b. absol. or intransitive.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > fasting > fast [verb (intransitive)]
fasteOE
abstaina1425
hain1606
1606 W. Warner Continuance Albions Eng. xvi. ciii. 406 Yet haine they at their feed.
1737 A. Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. 72 (Jam.) They that hain at their dinner will hae the mair to their supper.
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hainv.2
dialect.
transitive. To raise, heighten, set up.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (transitive)]
echeOE
ekec1200
multiplya1275
morea1300
increase13..
vaunce1303
enlargec1380
augmenta1400
accrease1402
alargea1425
amply?a1425
great?1440
hainc1440
creasec1475
grow1481
amplea1500
to get upa1500
improve1509
ampliatea1513
auge1542
over1546
amplify1549
raise1583
grand1602
swell1602
magnoperate1610
greaten1613
accresce1626
aggrandize1638
majoratea1651
adauge1657
protend1659
reinforce1660
examplify1677
pluralize1750
to drive up1817
to whoop up1856
to jack up1884
upbuild1890
steepen1909
up1934
the world > space > relative position > vertical position > make vertical [verb (transitive)] > make upright or erect > a structure
areara800
to set upa1225
to bring up1297
biga1400
seta1400
erect1417
hainc1440
rect?a1475
to fix up1569
uptower1848
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > raise
heave971
hevenOE
onheaveOE
rearOE
highOE
arearc1175
to set above (also aloft, high, on high)c1275
upbraidc1275
to set upc1290
lifta1300
upheavea1300
upraisea1300
upreara1300
enhancec1300
araise1303
hance1303
uplifta1340
lift1362
raisec1384
upbear1390
uphancec1390
advancea1393
haut?a1400
to put upa1400
verec1400
hainc1440
inhigh1483
elevate1497
uphigh1513
alifta1522
height1530
heighten1530
exalt1535
extol1549
sublevate1559
rouse?1567
attol1578
elate1578
vaunce1582
dight1590
higher1592
tower1596
to fetch up1612
relevate1620
screwa1625
transcend1635
stilt1649
allevate1696
stiltify1860
the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (transitive)] > found or establish
arear?a800
astellc885
planteOE
i-set971
onstellOE
rightOE
stathelOE
raisec1175
stofnec1175
stablea1300
morec1300
ordainc1325
fermc1330
foundc1330
instore1382
instituec1384
establec1386
firmc1425
roota1450
steadfastc1450
establishc1460
institute1483
to set up1525
radicate1531
invent1546
constitute1549
ordinate1555
rampire1555
upset1559
stay1560
erect1565
makea1568
settle1582
stablish1590
seminarize1593
statuminatea1628
hain1635
bottom1657
haft1755
start1824
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 230/2 Hawncyn or heynyn (S. hawnsyn or yn heyyn), exalto, elevo, sublevo.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum (K.H.) 233 Heynyn (P. heighthyn)..exalto, elevo.
1465 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 293 I have spoke wyth Borges that he shuld heyne þe price of þe mershe.
c1475 Reg. Crabhouse Nunnery in Norfolk Archaeol. (1892) 11 61 She heyned the stepul and new rofyd it.
1564 Order 28 Feb. in Swinden Great Yarmouth 53 Ordered that the merchants' dinner, or feast..shall be erected and heyned this present year.
1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 12 Edward the thirde..hayned the price of their priuiledges & not brought them downe one barley kirnell.
1635 J. Rutter Shepheards Holy-day And on the turfie table with the best Of lambs in all their flocke shall heyne the feast.
1787 W. Marshall Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Norfolk II. 381 Hain, to raise, or heighten; as ‘to hain the rent, the rick, or the ditch’.
1895 W. Rye Gloss. Words E. Anglia Hain, to heighten; to rise in price.
1898 N.E.D. at Hain Mod. Suffolk. ‘I want my wages hained.’
Derivatives
haining n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > [noun]
highing?c1225
heavinga1300
hancinga1382
arearing1382
hainingc1440
enhancing1490
elevation1526
raise1538
elation1578
heightening1598
raisure1613
exaltation1616
sublation1623
elevating1648
sublevation1663
upraising1839
uprearing1853
upsetting1882
updraw1912
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 233/2 Heynynge, exaltacio, elevacio.
1550 T. Lever Fruitfull Serm. in Shroudes sig. C.iiv By takynge of fynes, heyghnyng of rentes.
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