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Lane, n.¹ Also: lain(e, layn(e, laen; lean(e, leine, leyne. [North. ME. lan(e, midl. and south. lon(e, loon(e, ON. lán (OE. lǽn). Cf. Lone n.³, and Len n.]

1. A loan; the action or fact of lending or the thing lent. Variously const.(1) a1400 Leg. S. xxvi. 810.
The Jow … gert cal hyme in iugment, To prowe his lane that he lent c1460 Alex. (Taym.) 3565.
I haue the Kingis gold ... tane, God gif me grace I may heir quyte his layn 1533 Gau 17/7.
Len ȝour layne traistand na thing thairfor 1567 G. Ball. 91.
Na occour he will vse in till his lane 1581 Sat. P. xliv. 5.
My counsall is, ȝe think hir bot a lane, l mean the Kirk of Christ 1635 Justiciary Cases I. 248.
In taikin of thair familiaritie thay socht ane lane fra him of ane pistoletproverb. 1535 Stewart 42469.
For lane, tha sa, suld ay cum lauchand hame a1598 Ferg. Prov. (1641) No. 568.
Lang lean makes hameald cattel(2) 1495 Reg. Episc. Brechin II. 316.
Na persone … till appropyr na profyt … for lane or vs of thyr forsaid thingis 1513 Dunferm. B. Rec. 191.
Tva pikkis, ane mell, twa weggis and ane certane contentacioune of monye yeirly for the lane of thaim 1599 Crim. Trials II. 101.
In taking of fyftene markis for the lane of ilk hunder of foure hundreth markis 1610 Irvine Mun. II. 250.
With the Erle of Eglintoun, quhen the proveist … desyred the lane of his sklaittaris to the common wark 1615–16 Glasg. Univ. Mun. III. 567.
To ane woman for the lane of tua window claithis(b) 1512 Edinb. Hammermen 74.
For the layne of the trumpet to hym iiij d. 1567 Inverness Rec. I. 147.
Robert Neilson … hes giffin … the layne of ane horse to the prowest to ryde to the parliament 1633 M. Works Acc. MS. XXVI. 16 b.
For the laine of the bot that brocht the … stones to the castell … xl s. 1635 Dumfries & Galloway Soc. XVII. 318.
To the peuderis for the laen of thair veshell 18 s.(c) 1584 Digest Justiciary Proc. K. 49.
Taking of xij d. oulkly for the leane of xx s. 1589 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. 248.
Ane pair of new schone for lean of barking tub 1599 Acts IV. 187/1.
The withgait … to exact intolerable proffite … for the leane of thair money 1616 M. Wks. Acc. MS. XV. 12 b.
To Jhone Huide for leane of a syth xviii s. 1665 Lauder Jrnl. 157.
I have payed 18 souse for the lean of romances from Mr. Courtois(d) 1569 Inverness Rec. I. 178.
For the leyne of the smyddye lwmes following 1587 Acts III. 451/1.
Quhatsumevir persoun … sall tak … mair for the leyne interes proffite of ȝeirlie annuell of ane hundreth pundis … nor ten pundis … salbe haldin … as ockarairis 1663 Sc. Ant. VII. 33.
I doe lykweis humbely intreat your honour for the leine of your mort-clothe(3) a1568 Bann. MS. 258 a/5.
Ȝour luve lestis not, I had it bot of lane 1593 Warrender P. II. 413.
Resavit … thir buikis in laine 1665 Lauder Jrnl. 159.
I receaved 3 crounes in lain from Alexander Home

2. Gift or grant (from God). a1400 Leg. S. xxii. 521.
Al the crystine … Fastyt that day … Lowand God of al his lane a1500 Henr. Fab. 2735.
Men of heritage, As lordis that hes land be Goddis lane c1530-40 Stewart Bann. MS. 252 b/40.
I love God of his lane