▪ I. † whyne, adv. Sc. and north. dial. Obs.
Forms: 4 quein, quheyne, qwyne, quhene, 4–5 wheyn, 4–6 quhyne, 5 whyne, 6 quhyn.
[Contraction of whethen; cf. syne.]
= whence.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 7796 Quein cums þou? 13.. Seuyn Sages (W.) 3271 The erl said,..‘Wheym [read Wheyn] es this faire lady?’ The knight said, ‘Sir,..Sho es cumen from myne awyn cuntre’. 1375 Barbour Bruce vii. 240 Scho askit hym..quhat he wes, And quhyne he com, and quhar he gais. ? a 1400 Morte Arth. 3503 ‘Fro qwyne come þou’,..quod þe kynge thane, ‘That knawes kynge Arthure, and his knyghttes also?’ c 1440 Alphabet of Tales 196 He askid hym whyne he was, & who was his fadur & his moder. c 1520 Nisbet John vii. 27 Quhen Crist sal cum, na man wate of quhyn he is. |
▪ II. whyne
obs. form of whin, whine, wine.