Obs. or dial. Forms: α. 1 téonian, 3–4 teone(n, 3–6 tene, 4 tyeny, 4–6 teyn (pa. t. and pple. teind, teynt), 4–7 teene, (5 tuene, 6 pa. t. teynd, 7 pa. pple. teend). β. 1 *tíenan, týnan, 4 (Ayenb.) tyenen. [a. OE. téonian, f. téon:—*tiun-, TEEN sb.1 = OS. (ge)tiunean:—*tiunôjan. β. OE. *tíenan, týnan:—*tiunjan = ON. tŷna, ODa., Sw. dial. tyne to injure, destroy, lose; see TINE; thence in 14th c. Kentish, tyeny.]
1. trans. a. To vex, irritate, annoy, anger, enrage.
α. c. 1000. Lambeth Ps. cv. 16. Et irritaverunt gl. And hy teonedon uel hiʓ gremedon.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 118. Pellican is … so wreðful þet hit sleað ofte uor grome his owune briddes, hwon heo teoneð him.
1362. Langl., P. Pl., A. XI. 136. Bote Teologye haþ teoned [B. X. 180 tened; C. XII. 129 teened] me ten score tymes; For þe more I muse þeron þe mistiloker hit semeþ.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 489/1. Tenyn, or wrethyn, or ertyn…, irrito.
1496. Dives & Paup. (W. de W.), VII. iv. 279. Ne tene, ne angre thou not the poore in his myscheue.
1522. World & Child, in Hazl., Dodsley, I. 251. There is no emperor so keen, That dare me lightly tene.
a. 1825. Forby, Voc. E. Anglia, Teen, v. to trouble; to vex.
β. 971. Blickl. Hom., 47. Ne ablinnan we … þæt we Gode cwemon, & deofol tynan, dæʓes & nihtes.
c. 1000. St. Basil’s Admon., iv. (1849), 44. Se wellwillenda man wyle … forberan ʓif hine man ahwær tynð.
c. 1000. Laws of Ethelred, VI. c. 48. And þæt hy ælþeodiʓe men … ne tyrian ne ne tynan.
b. To inflict suffering upon; to afflict, harass; to injure, harm.
c. 1275. Orison of our Lord, 22, in O. E. Misc., 139. Wunderliche þurh wacche and fast Þi swete lychome þu teonedest.
13[?]. E. E. Allit. P., B. 759. If þat twenty be trwe I tene hem no more.
1362. Langl., P. Pl., A. VII. 40. Loke þou teone [1377 B. VI. 39 tene: 1393 C. IX. 36 tene, v.r. tuene] þou tenaunt bote treuþe wol assente.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, 8228. Then the grekes … turnit to the Troiens, tenit hom full euill.
c. 1430. Hymns Virg., 62. Quod wraþþe, ‘loke þou bere þee bolde; What man þee teene, His heed þou breest.’
c. To cause (physical) pain or injury to; to hurt.
1399. Langl., Rich. Redeles, III. 79. Þey bablid with her billis how þei bete were And tenyd with twiggis two and twenty ȝeris.
c. 1460. J. Russell, Bk. Nurture, 319. Hold alwey thy knyfe sure, þy self not to tene.
a. 1550. Christis Kirke Gr., x. That torment so him teynd.
1607. Walkington, Opt. Glass, xi. 121. The body is teend and accloid with divers … maladies.
2. To cause grief or sorrow to; to grieve, distress: in various const. a. trans.; also absol.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 10470. Þan was soruful son dame anna, Quen vtaine hir had tened [v.r. greuid] sua. Ibid., 15691. To wacken þam ne wald he noght, þat teind war wit trai.
1340. Ayenb., 142. Alle wordes him tyeneþ and greueþ, bote yef hi ne by to god, oþer of god, oþer uor god. Ibid., 161. And þus beginþ þis wordle to tyeny … þe more þet tyeneþ þis lif, þe more me wylneþ þet oþer.
c. 1430. Pilgr. Lyf Manhode, II. cxxix. (1869), 125. Ootheres ioye teeneth me; ootheres sorwe is my mete.
b. impersonal = grieves.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 19119 (Cott.). At þair talking þam tenid sare [Trin. Hem tened sore].
14[?]. Tundale’s Vis. (Wagner), 2288. Fulle sore hym tened at hymself than.
c. refl. To be vexed, to be angry; to distress oneself, grieve, be grieved.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 10462 (Cott.). Vtaine hir can wit þis to tene.
1340. Ayenb., 73. Nou loke eftzone a lyte, and ne tyene þe naȝt, to þise þri þinges. Ibid., 99. Þet non ne ssolde him tyeny hit uorto zigge.
1362. Langl., P. Pl., A. II. 83. Þen teonede him Teologye whon he þis tale herde.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, 4600. If ye tary ouer tyme þai tene hom þereat.
d. intr. (for refl.) = c.
13[?]. Cursor M., 10462 (Gött.). Vtayne wid þis word gan tene.
a. 1400–50. Alexander, 2193. Þen tened þe Thebees folke.
c. 1460. Towneley Myst., iii. 210. We women may wary all ill husbandis; I haue oone, bi mary!… If he teyn I must tary how so euer it standis.
1566. Drant, Horace, A vij. [He] teenes if that his neyghbours goate a bygger bagge doth beare Then his.
1611. Cotgr., s.v. Dueil, They tiple now as much as erst they teend.
Hence † Teening vbl. sb., injuring, wrong-doing; affliction; sorrowing, grief.
a. 1200. Moral Ode, 253. Þe luueden tening and stale.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 24439 (Cott.). I sagh him dei, i sorud ai,… Mi tening es sa togh.
