† haynen.1
Obsolete.
A term of reproach: A mean wretch, a niggard.
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the mind > emotion > hatred > [noun]
heteeOE
nitheeOE
fiendshipc900
hatingOE
hatec1175
loathnessc1175
foeshipa1200
hatreda1225
foredenc1275
bitterhead1340
enmityc1380
bitternessa1382
haynec1386
enemy1398
heart-burningc1425
affection1485
dislovea1533
pique1532
haturea1563
animosity1568
foehood?1578
animoseness1730
hard feeling1803
dispeace1825
needle1874
bad mind1939
the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun] > niggard or mean person
nithinga1225
chinch?a1300
nigc1300
chincher1333
shut-purse1340
niggardc1384
haynec1386
nigona1400
pinchera1425
pinchpenny?c1425
pynepenya1450
pelt1511
chincherda1529
churl1535
pinchbeck1538
carl?1542
penny-father1549
nipfarthing1566
nipper?1573
holdfast1576
pinchpence1577
pinch fistc1580
pinchfart1592
shit-sticks1598
clunchfist1606
puckfist1606
sharp-nose1611
spare-good1611
crib1622
hog grubber?1626
dry-fist1633
clusterfist1652
niggardling1654
frummer1659
scrat1699
sting-hum1699
nipcheese1785
pincha1825
screw1825
wire-drawer1828
close-fist1861
penny-pincher1875
nip-skin1876
parer1887
pinch-plum1892
cheapskate1899
meanie1902
tightwad1906
stinge1914
penny-peeler1925
mean1938
stiff1967
c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale 766 He..in his sleue..hadde a siluer teyne He slyly tooke it out, this cursed heyne [v.rr. hayn(e, haine, Lansd. hyne].
?1499 J. Skelton Bowge of Courte (de Worde) sig. Bij It is greate scorne to see suche an hayne As thou arte..With vs olde seruauntes such maysters to playe.
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes i. f. 51 Haines and niggardes of their purse.
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes ii. f. 215 That sparing, pinching, and plaiyng the nygardes or haynes, belonged to cookes, and not to kinges.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Qiiiv/1 Hayne, verna.
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† haynen.2
Astrology. Obsolete.
= exaltation n. 3.
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1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. lxx. 416 The Significator of the Man hath no manner of affliction, viz. ♀ she being in her Hayne, and free from the least manner of misfortune.
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