dwine, v. Now Sc., dial., and arch.
(dwaɪn)
Forms: 1 dw{iacu}nan, 3–8 dwyne, (4 duin(e, 5 dwynne, 6 dwinne, Sc. duyn(e), 4– dwine.
[OE. dw{iacu}nan, dwán, dwinen, an original Teut. strong vb., represented by ON. dv{iacu}na (Sw. dvina, MDu. dwînen, early mod.Du. dwijnen (Kilian 1599), Du. verdwijnen to vanish, disappear), MLG. and LG. dwînen. The strong inflexions are not found after OE. period. Cf. also fordwine.]
1. intr. To waste or pine away; to decline in vigour, languish, fade, wither.
| c 1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 82 Ðonne dwineþ seo wamb sona. c 1050 Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 506/35 Tabuerunt, dwinan. a 1300 Cursor M. 23695 Wit sere colurs; þat neuermar sal dime ne duine. c 1350 Will. Palerne 578 Sche dwined awaie boþe daies and niȝtes. c 1380 Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. II. 34 [It] comeþ above þe erþe soone, but it dwyneþ anoon. 1513 Douglas æneis ix. vii. 149 Lyke as the purpour flour..Dwynis away, as it doith faid or de. a 1598 Rollock Sel. Wks. (Wodrow Soc.) II. 591 John's faith and Peter's zeal were languishing and dwining. a 1605 Montgomerie Misc. Poems xxii. 4 My hevy hairt, Quhilk daylie duyns, bot nevir dees. a 1818 Macneill Poet. Wks. (1844) 98 See how he's dwining wi' care. 1825 Brockett N.C. Gloss., Dwine, to pine, to be in a decline or consumption. 1886 Lady Verney in Gd. Words 181 Put the plant into a splendid..vase, in which it dwined and dwindled. 1889 Spectator 21 Dec., A race, which..must, to use a fine though half-forgotten word, begin to dwine away. |
2. trans. To cause to pine or waste away. rare.
| 1597 Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 752 His deidly drouth; Quhilk pynis him, and dwynis him To deid. 1894 Crockett Raiders (ed. 3) 360, I will dwine your flesh on your bones. |
Hence dwined ppl. a.; dwining vbl. n. and ppl. a.; also dwine n., decline, wane.
| ? a 1366 Chaucer Rom. Rose 360 Drye and dwyned al for elde. 1536 Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) II. 60 Ambrose..fell in ane dwinand seiknes. 1583 Stanyhurst æneis ii. (Arb.) 61 His old dwynd carcas. 1718 Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 403 Our dwining, sinking condition. 1820 Blackw. Mag. June 280, I' the dwine o' the moon. 1830 Scott Demonol. ix. 289 For long dwining and ill heal. |