† slavin Obs.
Forms: α. 3–4 sclaueyn (5 sklaueyne), 5 -ayne; 4 sclaveyn, 5 -ayn, -ene. β. 3 scl-, 4 sklauin; 3, 5 sclauyne, 5 scl-, sklauyn; 3 sclavyne, 3–4 sclavyn (4 skl-). γ. 4–5 slaueyn, 5 -aine; 4–5 slaveyne, 5 -eyn. δ. 5 slaw-, slavyne (-yn), slauyn(e.
[ad. OF. esclavine, = Sp. esclavina, It. schiavina, med.L. sclavina, -inia, app. f. sclavus slave or Sclavus Slav. Cf. also MDu. slavine, -ijn, MHG. slavenîe.]
A pilgrim's mantle.
| α c 1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 419 Cam þare a Man in o sclaueyn. c 1325 Orfeo 222 To him a sclaveyn anon he toke. 13.. Octouian 394 Ther com a palmer old In a sklaueyne. c 1430 Life St. Kath. (1884) 25 An oold fader..wyth an oold sclauayn uppon hym. c 1475 Pict. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 773 Hec sarabarda, a sclavene. |
| β a 1300 K. Horn (Camb. MS.) 1054 Haue her cloþes myne, And tak me þi sclauyne. c 1320 Sir Beues 2066 [He] ȝaf him is hors, þat he rod in, For is bordon and is sklauin. 1483 Caxton Gold. Leg. 185/1 The crosse that he bare and sklauyn that he ware. 1491 ― Vitas Patr. (W. de W. 1495) i. xxxvi. 42 b/1 A mantel, in maner of a sclauyne. |
| γ 1399 Langl. Rich. Redeles iii. 236 His slaueyn was of þe olde schappe. 1430–40 Lydg. Bochas ix. xxxiv. (1554) 214 One Bulgare, clad in slaueyn olde. c 1440 Jacob's Well 157 A pylgrym ȝaf his slaveyn for to drynke myȝty wyne. |
| δ ? a 1400 Morte Arth. 3474 With scrippe, ande with slawyne, and skalopis i-newe. c 1440 Alph. Tales 198 How þer was a pylgram at..seld his slavyn. 1481 Caxton Reynard (Arb.) 10 He shewd me his slauyne and pylche and an heren sherte ther vnder. |