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Webster 1913 Edition


Lyne

Lyne

,
Noun.
Linen.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Definition 2024


lyne

lyne

English

Noun

lyne

  1. Obsolete form of linen.
    • Edmund Spenser
      Nor any weaver, which his work doth boast
      In diaper, in damask, or in lyne,
      Might in their diverse cunning ever dare
      With this so curious net-work to compare.

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lyːnə/, [ˈlyːnə]

Verb

lyne (imperative lyn, infinitive at lyne, present tense lyner, past tense lynede, perfect tense er/har lynet)

  1. zip (to close with a zip fastener)
  2. lighten, lightning (to produce lightning)

Middle English

Noun

lyne (plural lynden)

  1. linden