pynen

== Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old English pīnian, from Proto-West Germanic *pīnōn, from *pīnā (“pain, torture”); by surface analysis, pyne (“torture, torment”) +‎ -en (infinitive suffix). Compare peynen. ==== Alternative forms ==== pine, pyne, pynyn pinenn, pinin (Early Middle English) pini, pyni, pyny (Kent, Southern) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈpiːnən/ ==== Verb ==== pynen (third-person singular simple present pyneth, present participle pynende, pynynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle pyned) To hurt; to inflict (physical) injury: To torment or torture; to injure punitively. To injure oneself as penitence. To waste away; to starve or exhaust. To trouble or anguish; to cause distress. To undergo injury; to suffer. (rare, reflexive) To strive or exert (oneself). ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: pine Middle Scots: pyne Scots: pine ==== References ==== “pīnen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== pynen plural of pyne (“pain, torture”)