deynen

deynen

1. obsolete spelling of deinen

From Old French deignier (“consider worthy”), from Latin dīgnō.

• daynen, deignen, deyne
• deine (Late Middle English)

• IPA^(key): /ˈdæi̯nən/

deynen (third-person singular simple present deyneth, present participle deynende, deynynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle deyned)

1. To consider worth notice.
2. To condescendingly grant or allow.
3. (rare) To bless; to approve.

• deynte

• English: deign
• Middle Scots: denȝe, deinȝie
  • Scots: denzie (obsolete)

• “deinen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

An apheretic form of disdeynen.

• dene

• IPA^(key): /ˈdæi̯nən/

deynen

1. (rare) To scorn; to disdain.

• deyne
• deynous

• “deinen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.