tyne

See also: Tyne

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taɪn/
• Rhymes: -aɪn
• Homophones: tine, Tyne

Etymology 1

See teen.

Noun

tyne

1. (obsolete) anxiety; teen
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 15:

     with labour and long tyne

Verb

tyne (third-person singular simple present tynes, present participle tyning, simple past and past participle tyned)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To lose.
   • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre:

     ‘Yes, bonny wee thing, I’ll wear you in my bosom, lest my jewel I should tyne.’

2. (intransitive, obsolete) To become lost; to perish.

Etymology 2

Noun

tyne (plural tynes)

1. Alternative form of tine

References

• “tyne”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• nyet, enty

Middle English

Noun

tyne

1. Alternative form of tyn (tin)

Scots

Etymology

From Old Norse týna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təin/

Verb

tyne (third-person singular simple present tynes, present participle tynin, simple past tint, past participle tint)

1. To lose.

   Hoo muckle o weicht hae ye tint? ― How much weight have you lost?

2. To cause somebody to lose a legal case.