Obs. Also 5–6 layn(e, 6 lane. [f. LAIN v.; cf. ON. leyni neut., hiding place, í leyni in secret.] Concealment; chiefly in without (or but) lain, without concealment or disguise.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 13966 (Cott.). I sal spek of his sisters tua, þat was martha, wit-vten lain, and als sua mari magdalain.
c. 1460. Towneley Myst. xvi. 146. I kepe not layn, truly Syn thay cam by you last, An othere way in hy thay soght.
1535. Stewart, Cron. Scot., I. 306. To say the suith but lane.
1560. Rolland, Crt. Venus, III. 760. The fourt I can find ȝit withoutin lane.
1575. Wyfe Lapped in Morrelles Skin, 83, in Hazl., E. P. P., IV. 184. Her mother doth teach her, withouten layne To be mayster of her husband another day.
