† linv.

Forms: Old English linnan, Middle English linnen, Middle English–1600s lynn(e, Middle English–1600s lyn(e, (1500s lenne, 1600s Scottish lein), 1500s–1600s linne, 1500s–1700s lin, 1700s Scottish lean, leen. past tense Old English lann, Middle English lan, Middle English lyne, 1500s lin; weak 1500s linde, 1600s lind, lynned.

Etymology: Old English linnan = Old High German (bi-)linnan (compare blin v.), Old Norse linna (Danish linne , linde ), Gothic (af-)linnan < Old Germanic *linnan (? < *linw- ), cognate with Old Norse lin-r soft, yielding, Old English líðe ( < *linþjo- ) gentle: see lithe adj.The Scots forms, lein , leen , lean , seem to be due to association with leend , lend v.²

Obsolete.

a. intransitive. To cease, leave off; desist from (something; in Old English const. dative); also const. to with infinitive. Of the wind: To drop, lull. Also as a command, ‘Leave off!’ ‘Let go!’

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)]

i-swikec893

swikec897

atwindc1000

linOE

studegieOE

stintc1175

letc1200

stuttea1225

leavec1225

astint1250

doc1300

finec1300

blina1325

cease1330

stable1377

resta1382

ho1390

to say or cry ho1390

resta1398

astartc1400

discontinuec1425

surcease1428

to let offc1450

resista1475

finish1490

to lay a straw?a1505

to give over1526

succease1551

to put (also pack) up one's pipes1556

end1557

to stay (one's own or another's) hand1560

stick1574

stay1576

to draw bridle1577

to draw rein1577

to set down one's rest1589

overgive1592

absist1614

subsista1639

beholdc1650

unbridle1653

to knock offa1657

acquiesce1659

to set (up) one's rest1663

sista1676

stop1689

to draw rein1725

subside1734

remit1765

to let up1787

to wind (up) one's pirna1835

to cry crack1888

to shut off1896

to pack in1906

to close down1921

to pack up1925

to sign off1929

the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)]

aswikec975

linOE

beleavec1175

forletc1175

i-swikec1175

restc1175

stutte?c1225

lina1300

blinc1314

to give overc1325

to do wayc1350

stintc1366

finisha1375

leavea1375

yleavec1380

to leave offa1382

refuse1389

ceasec1410

resigna1413

respite?a1439

relinquish1454

surcease1464

discontinue1474

unfill1486

supersede1499

desist1509

to have ado?1515

stop1525

to lay aside1530

stay1538

quata1614

to lay away1628

sist1635

quita1642

to throw up1645

to lay by1709

to come off1715

unbuckle1736

peter1753

to knock off1767

stash1794

estop1796

stow1806

cheese1811

to chuck itc1879

douse1887

nark1889

to stop off1891

stay1894

sling1902

can1906

to lay off1908

to pack in1934

to pack up1934

to turn in1938

to break down1941

to tie a can to (or on)1942

to jack in1948

to wrap it up1949

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [verb (intransitive)] > become calm (of weather or the elements)

calm1399

falla1400

lown?a1600

to fall calm1601

serenify1612

subside1680

lin1693

flat1748

flatten1748

lull1808

to go down1873

OE Beowulf 1478 Gif ic æt þearfe þinre scolde aldre linnan.

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 67 For ure fond nefre ne linnen for to fonden us mid sunnen.

a1225 Leg. Kath. 1717 Þe neauer ne linneð nowðer ne lesseð, ah leaseð aa mare.

a1300 K. Horn 354 Rymenhild ȝef he cuþe Gan lynne wiþ hire Muþe.

c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 38 Þat never þai no lan Þe pouer to wirche wo.

1539 Bible (Great) Which thyng [i.e. reading the Bible at home] also I neuer lynne to beate into the eares of them that bene my famyliers.

1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Clifford i Couer fire, and it wil neuer linne.

1560 in J. Nichols Progresses Queen Elizabeth III. 473 My lippes shall never lenne To power thye prayses to my penne.

1590 R. Greene Mourning Garment 55 All things did from their weary labour linne.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 315 If one pluck off the wings from a drone, and put him again within the hiue, he will neuer lin vntill he haue done the like by all the rest of the same kind.

a1618 J. Sylvester in Z. Boyd Garden of Zion (1644) I. 26 For th' Uncle and the Nephew never lin, Till out of Canaan they have chec't them clean.

1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes Intermean iv. 12 in Wks. II Set a beggar on horse-backe, hee'll neuer linne till hee be a gallop.

1652 C. B. Stapylton tr. Herodian Imperiall Hist. ii. 85 On both sides to Assayle they never lin.

a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 96 Pareing time and all the year, Is one to them they never lein [rhyme keen].

1693 R. Lyde True Acct. Retaking of Ship 23 At two in the Afternoon, the wind was at N.N.W. and Lynn'd a little.

1693 R. Lyde True Acct. Retaking of Ship 25 I bore away..thinking to go in over the Bar in the Morning tide, but by five the Wind Lin'd.

1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 31 Dec. (1948) I. 145 When the year with MD 'gins, It without MD never lins. (These proverbs have always old words in them; lins is leaves off.)]

1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd iv. i. 59 Let gang your Grips, fy Madge! howt Bauldy leen [rhyme seen].

b. Misused for: To fail, omit.

ΚΠ

a1721 M. Prior Wandering Pilgrim in Misc. Wks. (1740) II. 20 They seldom miss to bake and brew, Or lin to break their fast.

a. transitive. To cease from, leave off, discontinue.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)]

aswikec975

linOE

beleavec1175

forletc1175

i-swikec1175

restc1175

stutte?c1225

lina1300

blinc1314

to give overc1325

to do wayc1350

stintc1366

finisha1375

leavea1375

yleavec1380

to leave offa1382

refuse1389

ceasec1410

resigna1413

respite?a1439

relinquish1454

surcease1464

discontinue1474

unfill1486

supersede1499

desist1509

to have ado?1515

stop1525

to lay aside1530

stay1538

quata1614

to lay away1628

sist1635

quita1642

to throw up1645

to lay by1709

to come off1715

unbuckle1736

peter1753

to knock off1767

stash1794

estop1796

stow1806

cheese1811

to chuck itc1879

douse1887

nark1889

to stop off1891

stay1894

sling1902

can1906

to lay off1908

to pack in1934

to pack up1934

to turn in1938

to break down1941

to tie a can to (or on)1942

to jack in1948

to wrap it up1949

a1300 K. Horn 319 Þi tale nu þu lynne, For Horn nis noȝt her-inne.

c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 558 Þe lavdabyll lyfe of lecherry let hur neuer lynne.

1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. L iv b Our Northern prikkers..sum hoopynge, sum whistelyng.. never linde these troublous..noyses all y^e night long.

1610 Cruel Shrew 9 in Roxburghe Ballads (1871) I. 95 She never linnes her bauling Her tongue it is so loud.

b. with verbal noun as object, or intransitive with present participle as complement.

ΚΠ

c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 5950 His leman lan neuer wepeing Aniȝt, when sche alon was.

1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Tim. i. f. iiii^v I was so cruell a persecutour, that I coulde neuer lynne doynge of vyolence.

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 362 He [a horse] neuer lin flinging, till he cast his maister on the ground.

1608 T. Middleton Your Fiue Gallants sig. B^v A Ruby that neere lines blushing for the Party that pawnde it.

1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 1 We should never lin hammering out of our owne hearts, as it were out of a flint, the..sparkles of new miseries to our selves.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	lin
释义	† linv. Forms: Old English linnan, Middle English linnen, Middle English–1600s lynn(e, Middle English–1600s lyn(e, (1500s lenne, 1600s Scottish lein), 1500s–1600s linne, 1500s–1700s lin, 1700s Scottish lean, leen. past tense Old English lann, Middle English lan, Middle English lyne, 1500s lin; weak 1500s linde, 1600s lind, lynned. Etymology: Old English linnan = Old High German (bi-)linnan (compare blin v.), Old Norse linna (Danish linne , linde ), Gothic (af-)linnan < Old Germanic linnan (? < linw- ), cognate with Old Norse lin-r soft, yielding, Old English líðe ( < linþjo- ) gentle: see lithe adj.The Scots forms, lein* , leen , lean , seem to be due to association with leend , lend v.² Obsolete. 1. a. intransitive. To cease, leave off; desist from (something; in Old English const. dative); also const. to with infinitive. Of the wind: To drop, lull. Also as a command, ‘Leave off!’ ‘Let go!’ ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] i-swikec893 swikec897 atwindc1000 linOE studegieOE stintc1175 letc1200 stuttea1225 leavec1225 astint1250 doc1300 finec1300 blina1325 cease1330 stable1377 resta1382 ho1390 to say or cry ho1390 resta1398 astartc1400 discontinuec1425 surcease1428 to let offc1450 resista1475 finish1490 to lay a straw?a1505 to give over1526 succease1551 to put (also pack) up one's pipes1556 end1557 to stay (one's own or another's) hand1560 stick1574 stay1576 to draw bridle1577 to draw rein1577 to set down one's rest1589 overgive1592 absist1614 subsista1639 beholdc1650 unbridle1653 to knock offa1657 acquiesce1659 to set (up) one's rest1663 sista1676 stop1689 to draw rein1725 subside1734 remit1765 to let up1787 to wind (up) one's pirna1835 to cry crack1888 to shut off1896 to pack in1906 to close down1921 to pack up1925 to sign off1929 the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] aswikec975 linOE beleavec1175 forletc1175 i-swikec1175 restc1175 stutte?c1225 lina1300 blinc1314 to give overc1325 to do wayc1350 stintc1366 finisha1375 leavea1375 yleavec1380 to leave offa1382 refuse1389 ceasec1410 resigna1413 respite?a1439 relinquish1454 surcease1464 discontinue1474 unfill1486 supersede1499 desist1509 to have ado?1515 stop1525 to lay aside1530 stay1538 quata1614 to lay away1628 sist1635 quita1642 to throw up1645 to lay by1709 to come off1715 unbuckle1736 peter1753 to knock off1767 stash1794 estop1796 stow1806 cheese1811 to chuck itc1879 douse1887 nark1889 to stop off1891 stay1894 sling1902 can1906 to lay off1908 to pack in1934 to pack up1934 to turn in1938 to break down1941 to tie a can to (or on)1942 to jack in1948 to wrap it up1949 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [verb (intransitive)] > become calm (of weather or the elements) calm1399 falla1400 lown?a1600 to fall calm1601 serenify1612 subside1680 lin1693 flat1748 flatten1748 lull1808 to go down1873 OE Beowulf 1478 Gif ic æt þearfe þinre scolde aldre linnan. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 67 For ure fond nefre ne linnen for to fonden us mid sunnen. a1225 Leg. Kath. 1717 Þe neauer ne linneð nowðer ne lesseð, ah leaseð aa mare. a1300 K. Horn 354 Rymenhild ȝef he cuþe Gan lynne wiþ hire Muþe. c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 38 Þat never þai no lan Þe pouer to wirche wo. 1539 Bible (Great) Which thyng [i.e. reading the Bible at home] also I neuer lynne to beate into the eares of them that bene my famyliers. 1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Clifford i Couer fire, and it wil neuer linne. 1560 in J. Nichols Progresses Queen Elizabeth III. 473 My lippes shall never lenne To power thye prayses to my penne. 1590 R. Greene Mourning Garment 55 All things did from their weary labour linne. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 315 If one pluck off the wings from a drone, and put him again within the hiue, he will neuer lin vntill he haue done the like by all the rest of the same kind. a1618 J. Sylvester in Z. Boyd Garden of Zion (1644) I. 26 For th' Uncle and the Nephew never lin, Till out of Canaan they have chec't them clean. 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes Intermean iv. 12 in Wks. II Set a beggar on horse-backe, hee'll neuer linne till hee be a gallop. 1652 C. B. Stapylton tr. Herodian Imperiall Hist. ii. 85 On both sides to Assayle they never lin. a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 96 Pareing time and all the year, Is one to them they never lein [rhyme keen]. 1693 R. Lyde True Acct. Retaking of Ship 23 At two in the Afternoon, the wind was at N.N.W. and Lynn'd a little. 1693 R. Lyde True Acct. Retaking of Ship 25 I bore away..thinking to go in over the Bar in the Morning tide, but by five the Wind Lin'd. 1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 31 Dec. (1948) I. 145 When the year with MD 'gins, It without MD never lins. (These proverbs have always old words in them; lins is leaves off.)] 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd iv. i. 59 Let gang your Grips, fy Madge! howt Bauldy leen [rhyme seen]. b. Misused for: To fail, omit. ΚΠ a1721 M. Prior Wandering Pilgrim in Misc. Wks. (1740) II. 20 They seldom miss to bake and brew, Or lin to break their fast. 2. a. transitive. To cease from, leave off, discontinue. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] aswikec975 linOE beleavec1175 forletc1175 i-swikec1175 restc1175 stutte?c1225 lina1300 blinc1314 to give overc1325 to do wayc1350 stintc1366 finisha1375 leavea1375 yleavec1380 to leave offa1382 refuse1389 ceasec1410 resigna1413 respite?a1439 relinquish1454 surcease1464 discontinue1474 unfill1486 supersede1499 desist1509 to have ado?1515 stop1525 to lay aside1530 stay1538 quata1614 to lay away1628 sist1635 quita1642 to throw up1645 to lay by1709 to come off1715 unbuckle1736 peter1753 to knock off1767 stash1794 estop1796 stow1806 cheese1811 to chuck itc1879 douse1887 nark1889 to stop off1891 stay1894 sling1902 can1906 to lay off1908 to pack in1934 to pack up1934 to turn in1938 to break down1941 to tie a can to (or on)1942 to jack in1948 to wrap it up1949 a1300 K. Horn 319 Þi tale nu þu lynne, For Horn nis noȝt her-inne. c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 558 Þe lavdabyll lyfe of lecherry let hur neuer lynne. 1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. L iv b Our Northern prikkers..sum hoopynge, sum whistelyng.. never linde these troublous..noyses all y^e night long. 1610 Cruel Shrew 9 in Roxburghe Ballads (1871) I. 95 She never linnes her bauling Her tongue it is so loud. b. with verbal noun as object, or intransitive with present participle as complement. ΚΠ c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 5950 His leman lan neuer wepeing Aniȝt, when sche alon was. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Tim. i. f. iiii^v I was so cruell a persecutour, that I coulde neuer lynne doynge of vyolence. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 362 He [a horse] neuer lin flinging, till he cast his maister on the ground. 1608 T. Middleton Your Fiue Gallants sig. B^v A Ruby that neere lines blushing for the Party that pawnde it. 1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 1 We should never lin hammering out of our owne hearts, as it were out of a flint, the..sparkles of new miseries to our selves. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.OE
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