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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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TEEN, n.¹, v. Also tean, tein, teene; and, esp. in v., teend, t(e)ynd. [ti:n(d)]

I. n. 1. Sorrow, grief, vexation (Sc. 1808 Jam.); harm, hurt. Now only arch. Obs. in Eng. since 17th c. Adj. teenefu, Sorrowful, woeful.Sc. 1776 D. Herd Sc. Songs I. 12:
He wrang his hands, he rent his hair, And wept in teenefu' muid.Ayr. 1787 Burns Pet. Bruar Water iii.:
Last day I grat wi' spite and teen.Dmf. 1820 J. Johnstone Poems (1857) 131:
The cause o' a my grief an' tean, Is still thy shy disdain, lassie.Peb. 1832 R. D. C. Brown Peggy's Mill 69:
A' the lads, frae schaim and teynd, Luiked ne'er before sae blately.Abd. 1893 G. MacDonald Sc. Songs 53:
Welcome, Archie, to dule and tene.Hdg. 1896 J. Lumsden Battles 178:
A' this — an' mair — mak's me sae mad That I, for dounricht teen, could greet!Sc. 1920 A. Gray Songs from Heine 68:
God save you, lassie, frae a' teen.

2. Wrath, anger, rage, revenge (Sc. 1721 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) I. Gl., teen, tynd, 1808 Jam.). Obs. exc. dial.Sc. 1724 Ramsay Ever Green I. 80:
He waxit wrath and vowit Tein.Edb. 1994:
He's in a right teen aboot it.

‡II. v. To trouble, vex, annoy, provoke (Sc. 1808 Jam.). Obs. in Eng. exc. dial. Ppl.adj. teended, downcast, saddened, affected by sorrow (Per. 1972).Ork. 1880 Dennison Sketch-Bk. 142:
Mae eldest, Jock — he's teened noo' T'o' he wus aence mislair'd.Per. 1897 C. R. Dunning Folk-Lore 6:
The guidman i' Ford o' Rossie wis sair teended by a hare aye loup, loupin' through his bere.Per. 1915 Wilson L. Strathearn 206:
It wad hae teendit ye tae see them.