▪ I. † dayn, v. Obs.
[By-form of dawn, assimilated to day.]
To dawn. So ˈdayening (in 3 daiȝen-, daien-, dain-, daning), dawning, dawn.
| c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 77 Ðe daiȝening cam eft agon. Ibid. 1808 Til ðe daning. Ibid. 1810 Ðe daining. Ibid. 3264 Ðo sprong ðe daiening. 1515 Scot. Field 204 Sone after dayned the daie. Ibid. 422 Then dayned the daie. |
▪ II. dayn, -e
obs. forms of deign.