payn
Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old French pain, from Latin panis (“bread”).
Noun
[edit]payn
- bread
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Piers Plowman to this entry?)
Alternative forms
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- English: pain (obsolete)
References
[edit]- “pain, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]payn
- Alternative form of pane (“textile”)
References
[edit]- “payn”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Etymology 3
[edit]Noun
[edit]payn
- Alternative form of payen (“pagan”)