columbyne

Middle English

Alternative forms

• columbyn

Adjective

columbyne

1. columbine
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “(please specify the story)”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     Com forþ now, wiþ þyne eyen columbyn! / How fairer been þy brestes þan is wyn!

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Descendants

• English: columbine