Obs. In 5 lignye, lygnee, -nye, lynee. [a. F. lignée, f. ligne LINE sb.2 Cf. Pr. linhada.] = LINEAGE. (Freq. in Caxton.)
a. 1450. Knt. de la Tour (1868), 109. Iacob and Alia praied that God wolde yeue his children lynee and generacion and multiplicacion.
c. 1477. Caxton, Jason, 68 b. Salathiel whiche was of the lignye of the Hebrews. Ibid. (1490), Eneydos, vi. 29. To thende that their name perysshe not wythoute remembraunce for faulte of lygnee.
c. 1500. Melusine, i. 6. The noble lynee whiche yssued of the said woman.
