Obs. Also 4–6 tryne, 5 treyne, trene; pa. t. 4 tron(e, 5 treyned, trynyd. [Of Scand. origin: cf. OSwed. trina (pret. trān) to go, step, march, Da. trine, older trene (pret. trēn).]
intr. To go, march, step. (Chiefly in allit. verse.)
13[?]. E. E. Allit. P., C. 101. Then he tron on þo tres & þay her tramme ruchen.
a. 1400[?]. Morte Arth., 1757. With trompes thay trine, and trappede stedes. Ibid., 4189. Than the traytoure … Trynnys in with a trayne tresone to wirke.
a. 1400–50. Alexander, 4888. He … Gas him vp be degreces to þe grete lawe, Trenes to þe topward þat touched to þe cloudis.
1560. Rolland, Crt. Venus, I. 189. [The twa] did tryne with diueris countenance.
b. trans. with cognate obj.
13[?]. E. E. Allit. P., A. 1112. To-warde þe þrone þay trone a tras. Ibid., B. 976. Trynande ay a hyȝe trot þat torne neuer dorsten.
a. 1400. Pistill Susan, 225. But ȝit we trinet [v.r. trynyd] a trot, þat traytor to take.
a. 1400[?]. Morte Arth., 4055. The trays of the traytoure he trynys fulle euenne.
c. apparently preserved in Rogues’ Cant.
1622. Fletcher, Beggar’s Bush, III. iii. Hig. … Let the Quire Cuffin: And Herman Beck strine, and trine to the Ruffin. Clause. Now interpret this unto him. Hig. … Let the Constable, Iustice, and Divell go hang.
1815. Scott, Guy M., xxviii. No wonder that you scour the cramp-ring, and trine to the cheat sae often. Ibid. (1826), Woodst., xxxvi. We trine to the nubbing cheat to-morrow.
d. (Perh. arising from a shortening of the phrase trine to the cheats = go to the gallows, be hanged). To hang (intr. and trans.).
1567. Harman, Caveat, 37. Their end is … hanginge, whiche they call trininge in their language. Ibid., 85. I towre [see] the strummel [straw] trine [hang] vpon thy nabchet [cap]. Ibid., 86. Tryning on the chates … hange on the gallowes.
1608. Dekker, Lanthorne & Candle-light, B ij b. [From thence] to be Tryn’de on the Chates.
1610. Rowlands, Martin Mark-all, E ij. If you will make a word for the Gallous, you must put thereto this word Treyning, which signifies hanging; and so Treyning Cheate is as much to say, hanging things, or the Gallous.
a. 1700. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, Trine, to Hang; also Tyburn. Ibid., s.v. Wap, Let her trine for a Make,… let her hang for a Half-penny.
