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† digne, a. Obs.
Also α. 4 dingne, dyngne, 5 dign, dynge, 5–6 dygne, 6 Sc. ding, dyng. β. 4–5 deyn(e.
[ME. digne, a. F. digne (11th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), early ad. L. dignus worthy. The form deyn might represent an OF. *dein, inherited form of dignus: but cf. dain a.]
1. Of high worth or desert; worthy, honourable, excellent (in nature, station, or estimation; cf. dignity 1, 2).
1297R. Glouc. (1724) 132 Þe digne sege ywys..þat at London now ys. 1340Ayenb. 109 Þe þri uerste benes of þe pater noster..byeth þe heȝeste and þe dingneste. a1400–50Alexander 882 Darius þe deyne [Dubl. MS. digne] Empereure. Ibid. 1958, I, sir Dari, þe deyne [Dubl. MS. digne] and derfe Emperoure. c1440York Myst. xxviii. 1 Beholde my discipulis þat deyne is and dere. a1450Knt. de la Tour ii. 5 It is an higher and more digne thinge forto praise and thanke God. 1513Douglas æneis xiii. ix. 67 Of conquerouris and soueran pryncis dyng [rime kyng]. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 367 With diamontis ding, and margretis mony one. 1578Ps. cvi. in Scot. Poems 16th C. II. 107 Declair..Thy nobill actes and digne remembrance.
2. Worthy, deserving. Const. of (to), or inf.
a1375Joseph Arim. 252 Cum þou hider, Iosaphe; for þou art Iugget clene, And art digne þer-to. c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋715 Hem þat ȝeuen chirches to hem þat ben not digne. c1430Lydg. Bochas iv. ix. (1544) 106 a, To write also hys triumphes digne of glorye. c1450Merlin 583 Ye be full digne to resceyve the ordre of chiualrie. a1555Lyndesay Tragedie 86 In France..I did Actis ding of Remembrance. 1643Prynne Open. Gt. Seale 6 The state of the Church is come unto this, that she is not digne to be governed But of ill Bishops.
3. Befitting, becoming, appropriate, fit. Const. to, unto, of, for.
c1385Chaucer L.G.W. 1738 Lucretia, Hyre cuntinaunce is to here herte digne. c1386― Man of Law's T. 680 O Domegyld, I haue non englisch digne Vnto þy malice and þy tyrannye. c1420Pallad. on Husb. xi. 7 Lande lene, or fatte, or drie, is for it digne. 1504W. Atkynson tr. De Imitatione iii. liv, Gyue dygne & moost large graces to the hye goodnes of god. 1549Chaloner Erasmus on Folly K ij a, All the worlde..offreth me..farre dearer and more digne sacrifices, than theirs are.
4. Having a great opinion of one's own worth; proud, haughty, disdainful; esp. in phr. as digne as ditch-water (cf. ‘stinking with pride’), as digne as the devil. Cf. dain a.
1340–70Alisaunder 313 Þe menne of þat marche..were so ding of þeir deede, dedain þat they had þat any gome under God gouern hem sholde. c1386Chaucer Prol. 517 He [the Parson] was nat to synful man despitous Ne of his speche daungerous ne digne. c1386― Reeve's T. 44 She was as digne [Harl. Lansd. deyne] as water in a dich, as ful of hoker and of bismare. c1394P. Pl. Crede 355 For wiþ þe princes of pride þe prechours dwellen; þei ben digne as þe devel þat droppeþ fro heuene. Ibid. 375 Þer is more pryue pride in prechours hertes þan þer lefte in Lucyfer er he were lowe fallen; þey ben digne as dich water. |