† prinen.

Forms: Middle English pryne, Middle English 1600s prine.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin prinus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin prinus holm oak, ilex (Vulgate) < ancient Greek πρῖνος , of unknown origin. Compare Middle French prine holm oak (1350), and perhaps also Middle French prin (1517 in uncertain sense, perhaps ‘pine’; perhaps due to confusion with pin pine n.²).

Obsolete. rare.

More fully prine tree. The holm oak, Quercus ilex.

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c1390 Pistel of Swete Susan (Vernon) 342 (MED) Þat roþly cherl..seide bifore þe prophet, ‘þei pleied bi a prine [v.r. pyne; ?a1425 Huntington pryne; L. (Dan. xiii. 58) sub prino].’

1610 Bible (Douay) II. Dan. xiii. 58 Tel me, vnder what tree thou tookest them speaking one to an other. Who said: Vnder a prine tree [1611 a holme tree].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	prine
释义	† prinen. Forms: Middle English pryne, Middle English 1600s prine. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin prinus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin prinus holm oak, ilex (Vulgate) < ancient Greek πρῖνος , of unknown origin. Compare Middle French prine holm oak (1350), and perhaps also Middle French prin (1517 in uncertain sense, perhaps ‘pine’; perhaps due to confusion with pin pine n.²). Obsolete. rare. More fully prine tree. The holm oak, Quercus ilex. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > oak and allies > [noun] > holm-oak prinec1390 ilexa1398 holm1552 holm-tree1565 mast-holm1577 holly-oak1597 holm oak1597 hulver oak1597 scarlet oak1597 oak-holm1601 evergreen oak1629 c1390 Pistel of Swete Susan (Vernon) 342 (MED) Þat roþly cherl..seide bifore þe prophet, ‘þei pleied bi a prine [v.r. pyne; ?a1425 Huntington pryne; L. (Dan. xiii. 58) sub prino].’ 1610 Bible (Douay) II. Dan. xiii. 58 Tel me, vnder what tree thou tookest them speaking one to an other. Who said: Vnder a prine tree [1611 a holme tree]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1390
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