payn
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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”)