scæne

A form of scene — The location of an event that attracts attention.

Meanings

nounscæne (plural scænes)

plural scænes

  1. archaicArchaic spelling of scene.

    [Here Should : Be A Scæne of the Solemnitye of Pænius his ffunerall : mournd by Caracticus :] Here should A Scæne · be betwene Iunius, & Petillius : (Iunius mocking Petillius for being in loue wᵗʰ Bonducas Daughter that Killd her selfe : to them : Enterd Suetonius : (blameing Petillius for the […]

    1926: John Young Walker MacAlister, Alfred William Pollard, Ronald Brunlees McKerrow, the Library Association, Frank Chalton Francis, the Bibliographical Society of Great Britain, and Project Muse, The Library, page 152 (Oxford University Press)
    1 more example

    Scæne 4. Enter the sewer, passe by with seruice againe, the seruing- […] Valen. O sea sicke Iest, and full of the scuruie. Scæne 5. […] come on you precious rascall, sir. Valentine. He giue you a health I faith; for the heauens you mad Capriccio, hold hooke and line. (Exeunt.) Scæne 6. Enter Lord Paulo Ferneze, his boy following him.

    1963: Ben Jonson, Charles Harold Herford, Percy Simpson, and Evelyn Mary Spearing Simpson, Ben Jonson, pages 110, 111, and 112 (Clarendon Press)
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