† ˈpagine Obs.
Also 4–6 pagyn(e, 4 pagen (5 pagent).
[ad. L. pāgina page n.2, directly or through OF. pagene, pagine (12th c. in Godef.), a learned adaptation of the L. word, of which the inherited form was page.]
A page or leaf; transf. pages collectively, book, writing.
| a 1225 Ancr. R. 286 Þe holie pagine [pagina sancta]. a 1300 Cursor M. 21295 (Cott.) Þe stile o matheu, water it was, And win þe letter o lucas, And marc pagine [Trin. pagyn] it was milk, And john honi, suet als suilk. 1382 Wyclif Jer. xxxvi. 23 Whan Judi hadde rad thre litle pagens [1388 pagyns, Vulg. pagellas], or foure, he kutte it with a scraping knyf. c 1475 Partenay Prol. 79 The philosopher..Which declarid in hys first pagent, hys methephisike off noble corage. 1552 Udall tr. Geminus' Anat. I ij/2 We comprehended all the fygures of the heade in foure pagines. |