Dictionaries of the Scots Language
Dictionars o the Scots Leid

A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

Hide Quotations Hide Etymology

Abbreviations Cite this entry

About this entry:
First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Layne, Lane, n. [North. ME. layn, lain (Cursor M.), e.m.E. layne: cf. ON. leyni and leynd concealment, and the verb.] Concealment. Only in rhyme in the verse tag but or without(in) layne, without concealment or suppression, in truth.(a) c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 2695.
Pirrus … Was in loue With fair Hermonia but layne [: Elene] c1420 Wynt. v. 3057 (W).
He wes Sanct Helenys sone, but layne [: Romayne](b) a1500 Seven S. 671.
Scho said, Na question is thairat, The King my lord [sc. is the father], withoutin lane [: agane] 1535 Stewart 9686.
Of the Romanis, to say the suith but lane, Sevintie thousand … wes slane Ib. 32281, 38802, 52941. Ib. 51235.
Askand at thame without fenȝie or lane To … cum furth on the plane c1550 Rolland Ct. Venus i. 492.
Salomon … sayis so mony sawis, Sa gude, sa sweit. of all wemen but lane [: vane, in plane] Ib. iii. 760.
Thay thre [women] was of the court venereane, … The fourt I can find ȝit withoutin lane Id. Seven S. Prol. 121.
This storie, now following but lane [: constrane, fontane, plane] Ib. 6850.
Huredome was first in plane, Syne gredynes but lane