† ˈpain-deˈmaine Obs.
Forms: 4 paindemeine, 4–5 payn(e)demayn(e; 5 payn(e)mayne, -main, paynman, payman, 6 payne mayne.
[AF. pain demeine, demaine, med.L. panis dominicus ‘lord's bread’. Also called simply demeine.]
White bread, of the finest quality; a loaf or cake of this bread.
| [c 1330 Durham Acc. Rolls 17 In pane dominico et melle 5d. 1378 Munim. Gildh. Lond. (Rolls) III. 424 Etiam cum uno payndemayn.] c 1386 Chaucer Sir Thopas 14 Whit was his face as Payndemayn Hise lippes rede as rose. c 1420 Liber Cocorum (1862) 40 Take floure of payndemayn. a 1440 Sir Degrev. 1393 Paynedemaynes [Camb. MS. paynemayn] prevaly Scho fett fra the pantry. c 1440 Douce MS. 55 lf. 9 Then cast feyre pecys of paynemayns or elles of tendre brede. c 1475 Pict. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 788/32 Hic panis, brede... Hec placencia, a payman. 1530 Palsgr. 250/2 Payne mayne, payn de bouche. |
| Comb. a 1377 Househ. Edw. III in Househ. Ord. (1790) 19 William Brynklowe Yoman Paymenbaker. |