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Ten(e, Teyn(e, n. Also: tein(e, teen. [ME and e.m.E. tene (Orm), teene (Piers Plowman), teyn (c1460), OE téona.]

1. Anger, rage, fury; scorn, malice. Also, once, in pl. form.(a) 1375 Barb. ii 380.
Quhen the king his folk has sene Begyn to faile, for propyr tene Hys assenȝhe gan he cry a1400 Leg. S. xi 446.
Thai war sa ful of yre & tene, For the tynsale that thai thar hade ?1438 Alex. ii 250.
For wrathe and tene I woxe nere wode c1420 Wynt. iii 370.
Scho mulyd fast and maid hir tene And off hyr werdys wykyd plenyheyde a1500 Rauf C. 457 (see Teneful(l adj.). a1500 Henr. Test. Cress. 194.
Mars the god of ire … but temperance in tene a1500 Lanc. 2644.
Fulfillit ful of anger and of ten c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 8/33.
In tene thay tirvit him agane And till ane pillar thai him band 1535 Stewart 35259.
Tha … swapit on quhill mony ane wes slane On euerie syde with grit rancour and tene c1550 Rolland Ct. Venus iv 723.
The ȝettis was closit hard on my heillis … [T]hus thay me treit with tene within that toure 1560 Rolland Seven S. 8179.
For verray wraith, impatience and tene His ene thay glowritpl. ?1438 Alex. ii 63.
My brother … was into Gaderis slane … That tinsall oft me turnes in tenis [: menis](b) a1400 Leg. S. xxi 705.
& thane in teyne He bad mene ga [&] bynd Clement c1400 Troy-bk. ii 153 (C).
The peple wald rusche sodeynly One thame & sley thar in thar teyn a1500 Henr. Fab. 2098.
The cadgear trimmillit for teyne quhair that he stude c1475 Wall. xi 169.
Wallace tuk ane on the face in his teyn c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 130/69.
Quhen the uther fulis … Ar all rewardit and nocht I Than on this fals warld I cry fy My hart neir bristis than for teyne 1513 Doug. i i 68.
Juno … Ontill hir self thus spak in propir teyn: ‘Is this ganand that I my purpos faill’ 1513 Doug. ii iv 18.
Edderis … Stuffit ful of vennom, fyre and fellon teyn 1513 Doug. xii ii 133.
With sykkyn fury rage catchyt is he That … from the vissage … The sparkis glydis as the hait fyre For veray fervour of the feirfull teyn … brystis furth of baith hys eyn 1513 Doug. xiii vii 58.
Me behuffit susteyn The hard dangeris of Mars and mekill teyn 1531 Bell. Boece (M) I 135.
The Pichtis war fechtand thus in thair maist cruell teyn 15.. Clar. ii 34.
They smote at uther … as twa rampand lyounis in thair teine c1590 J. Stewart 149 heading.
Rymd efter sort of guid Rob Steine Tein is to purches Robs teine(c) 1684 Sinclair Truth's Vict. over Error To Reader.
[The Quakers], though they look like lambs, yet gall them but a little and you will find them express the matulent and teen of their heart

2. Sorrow, affliction, trouble, pain. Also proverb. c1400 Troy-bk. ii 1278 (C).
Venquest … And put to such tynsale and tene ?1438 Alex. ii Prol. 16.
I … neuer gat thing of my will Bot tene, ay sen I tuik hir till, Sa that my trauell and my pane I se weill all is set in vane ?1438 Alex. ii 102.
Tein ?a1450 Florimond 334.
Quhen thai ane xiiii nycht had bene In sic anoy, travell and teine, At Avedone, … Arryvit the king 1460 Hay Alex. 3386.
[He] wrang his handis for tene a1500 Sir Eger 1852.
Such old malice made her to mean, She waxed cold, and syn to teen. Her hew it changed pale and wan c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 6/47.
Thow baire the prince of prys Our teyne to meyne 1535 Stewart 21011.
Quhairfoir, tha said, his greit iniquitie Richt sone efter turnit him to teyne 1535 Stewart 34027.
Ethus quhen that he knew that thing, … for verrie tene and wo, His hart than brak 1554 Duncan Laideus Test. 163.
The slauchtir of Allister Ower … hes me brocht into full mekill tene 1554 Duncan Laideus Test. 170.
Fair weill Morinche, alace, full wo is me! Thow wes the ground of all my wo and teyne 1567 Sat. P. iii 75.
That day that sho was fre And into ioy and out of tray and tene a1585 Maitl. Q. 162/69.
No troubill torment greif or tein … sall ws disseuer Sic constancie sall ws mantein In perfyte amitie for euerproverb. a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 1056.
Love beginnis with honie … and ends with trae and tein

3. Harm, injury, wrong. Freq. const. to do, wirk, etc.There may sometimes be ambiguity with prec. 1375 Barb. xviii 233.
He tuk purpos … For to weng him … Off tray of trawaill & of tene That done tharin till him had bene c1475 Wall. ii 304.
A Scott wald do a Sothroun teyne c1475 Wall. v 388.
I meyn fer mar the tynsell off my men, Na for my selff, mycht I suffir sic ten 1513 Doug. ix viii 131.
Weill thai knew thar fays al maner of teyn Vndir that volt of targis myght systeyn 1513 Doug. xi ix 85.
The caus of all this harm and wofull tene c1530-40 Stewart in Bann. MS 36a/91.
Thay tyrit nocht to do me tene & tray a1570-86 Maitland in Maitl. F. 317/1.
O Lord, our syn hes done thé tene 1560 Rolland Seven S. 7580.
Thow glaikit gallarrand quene … With thy fals taillis of tene 1567 G. Ball. 89.
Lord … lycht my eine, That suddand sleip of deide do me na teine a1568 Bann. MS 144b/50.
Thay wirk him [sc. Sir Penny] mekle tray and tene … And makis him blind of baith his ene 1570 Sat. P. xxii 24.
Ane luiring bait fond fischis to wirk tene 1584-9 Maxwall Commonpl. Bk. 3b.
Sorrow … Slaeth mony ane man and pwttis to teine