Chiefly (now only) north. dial. and Sc. Pa. t. and pple. tint. Forms: 3– tine; also 4 tin, 4–6 tyn, 4–9 tyne, (5 teyn, 6 tyen). Pa. t. 4 tinte, 4–6 tynt(e, 4– tint; also 5 tynit, 6 (Spenser) tyned, 8 tined. Pa. pple. 4 itint, y-tint, y-tent, 5 ytynt; 4–6 tinte, tynt, 5 tynte, tynde, 4– tint. [a. ON. týna (:—*tiunjan), Norw., older Da. and Sw. dial. tȳne, to destroy, lose, to perish, deriv. of tjón loss, damage (cogn. with OE. téon injury, etc.: see TEEN sb.1, v.1).]
1. trans. To lose; to suffer deprivation of; to cease to have or enjoy.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 5518 (Cott.). Þan has þair will our wiþerwin, And we ma sua our landes tin [v.rr. tine, tyne].
c. 1300. Havelok, 2023. That he ne tinte no catel.
13[?]. Sir Beues (A.), 4386. Treitour! now is þe lif itint.
c. 1320. Sir Tristr., 1911. Þou hast y tent þi pride.
c. 1330. R. Brunne, Chron. (1810), 15. He is now in poynt his regne forto tyne.
a. 1340. Hampole, Psalter, lxi. 10. It is a harmefull winninge to win cattell & tine rightowsnes.
1377. Langl., P. Pl., B. XVIII. 140. Þat was tynt þorw tre, tree shal it wynne.
a. 1400. Octouian, 1147. Tho both hys armes were y-tent.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, 12467. Trees, thurgh tempestes, tynde hade þere leues.
c. 1460. Towneley Myst., i. 160. Oure Ioye is tynt.
1549. Compl. Scot., x. 83. There can no thing be tynt, bot quhen he that tynis ane thing … knauis nocht quhair it is.
1575. Churchyard, Chippes (1817), 184. Our greedy mind gaines gold and tyens good name.
1596. Dalrymple, trans. Leslie’s Hist. Scot. (S.T.S.), I. 51. The Salmonte … tynes in smal watiris,… the gret fatnes, that thay fand in the braid Sey.
1606. Warner, Alb. Eng., XIV. lxxxvii. (1612), 358. Both their Kings in following fight did brauely tyne their liues.
1721. Ramsay, Prospect of Plenty, 162. To stow them … In barrels tight, that shall nae liquor tine.
1752. J. Louthian, Form of Process (ed. 2), 31. The Repledger … tined his Court for Year and Day.
1790. Burns, Tam o’ Shanter, 188. Tam tint his reason a’ thegither.
1865. G. Macdonald, A. Forbes, 51. I dinna think the Lord ’ll tyne the grip o’ his father’s son.
1886. Stevenson, Kidnapped, xix. James must have tint his wits.
b. To fail to gain, attain, or win: = LOSE v. 7, 8; absol. to lose the battle, be defeated: = LOSE v. 8 b.
c. 1250. Gen. & Ex., 3518. For if ðu it ȝernes and ȝisse, ðu tines vn-ended blisce.
1340. Hampole, Pr. Consc., 2054. Þus sal þai dyghe and heven blis tyne And be putted til endeles pyne.
a. 1400. Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS., 38. Þou tynes þe mede of þi seruyce.
1549. Compl. Scot., ix. 80. He tint threttyne battellis.
c. 1560. A. Scott, Poems (S.T.S.) ii. 48. To se quha tynt or wan The feild.
1681. Colvil, Whigs Supplic. (1751), 25. Whether he gain the day or tine, He never misseth to kill nine.
1721. Ramsay, Prospect of Plenty, 50. She grasps the shadow, but the substance tines.
a. 1810. Tannahill, Poems (1846), 101. I’m fear’d that I may tyne The love that ye hae promised me.
c. To spend in vain or to no purpose, to waste: = LOSE v. 6.
c. 1330. R. Brunne, Chron. (1810), 43. Kyng Suane gaf assaut,… Mykelle folk he les, & tynt his trauaile.
1393. Langl., P. Pl., C. XV. 8. Ich haue … counsailede þe … No tyme to tyne.
1563. Davidson, Confut. Kennedy, in Wodrow Soc. Misc. (1844), 216. Thay doctours tynt thare tyme.
1631. A. Craig, Pilgr. & Heremite, 9. My true travell shall bee tint.
1827. Scott, Two Drovers, Introd. If they had burned the rudas queen for a witch, I am thinking, may be, they would not have tyned their coals.
† d. To cause the loss of: = LOSE v. 9 a. Obs.
c. 1470. Henryson, Mor. Fab., X. (Fox & Wolf), vi. This tarying will tyne the all thy thank.
1588. A. King, trans. Canisius’ Catech., 223. Receauing trew and Christian iustice … in stead of that whilk Adam by his inobedience tint to him and vs.
e. absol. or intr. To suffer loss: = LOSE v. 4.
c. 1340. Richard Rolle of Hampole, Prick of Conscience, 1457. Now haf we ioy, now haf we pyn, Now we wyn, now we tyn.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, 1208. Þe Troiens … tynte of þere folkes.
c. 1470. Henry, Wallace, VI. 460. Bot thow be war, thow tynys off thi chaffair.
1862. Hislop, Prov. Scot., 27. A tale never tines in the telling.
† f. trans. To incur (a penalty): cf. LOSE v. 3 g.
1426. Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot., 11/1. Wnder the payn off perel that efter folowys, and al that yhe may teyn enent ws.
1478. Rental Bk. Cupar-Angus (1879), I. 212. At al thir pwntis forsad be treuly kepit ondyr al peynis tha ma tyne of law.
g. To let slip from one’s remembrance, to forget: = LOSE v. 5 d.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, IX. v. 76. I hecht forsuith that deid sall nevyr be tynt.
1837. R. Nicoll, Poems (1843), 123. Thae auld-warld fancies my heart winna tyne. Ibid., 188. Your father’s dying counsels from Your bosoms never tine.
h. To leave far behind, as in a race; to outstrip entirely; to get far ahead of: = LOSE v. 5 c. dial.
1871. W. Alexander, Johnny Gibb, vii. Oor ’Liza an’ you ees’t to be heid-y-peers, but ye’re tynin her a’thegither.
II. † 2. To ruin, destroy, bring to nought: = LOSE v. 2. (Cf. L. perdĕre to destroy, and to lose.)
a. 1300. Cursor M., 2911. Sua tin [v.r. tyne] þai þam witouten end Þat wil noght þam in time mend. Ibid., 4774. For þof he proue his freind wit pine, Þar-for wil he noght him tine.
13[?]. E. E. Allit. P., B. 907. We schal tyne þis toun & trayþely disstrye.
c. 1400. Apol. Loll., 43. If God schal tyne alle þoo þat spek lesyng.
c. 1520. Nisbet, N. Test. in Scots, Mark xii. 9. He sal cum and he sal tyne the teelars [Wyclif tilieris], and geue the wyneyarde to vtheris.
1589. R. Bruce, Serm. (Wodrow Soc.), 110. He has power only to save and tine.
3. intr. To be lost, ruined, or destroyed; to perish: = LOSE v. 1.
13[?]. Sir Beues (A.), 652. Tiding com to king Ermyn, Þat Beues hadde mad his men tyn.
13[?]. Cursor M., 13511 (Cott.). Quen þai had eten, þat drightin Bad þam late na crummes tin.
c. 1475. Rauf Coilȝear, 58. Baith myself and my hors is reddy for to tyne.
1570. Satir. Poems Reform., xii. 97. For want of ane I wald nocht all suld tyne.
c. 1575. Balfour’s Practicks, Ship Laws (1754), 623. Gif ony ship tine be storm of wether.
1792. Burns, Gallant Weaver, ii. I was fear’d my heart would tine, And I gied it to the weaver.
a. 1810. Tannahill, Poems (1846), 97. I’ll tend thee … Wi’ love that ne’er shall tyne.
