An archaic or dialectal term for hay, sometimes referring to dried grass cut and collected for animal feed.
From Middle English and Old English 'hæg' or 'hieg,' this is an older variant of 'hay.' It persists mainly in Scottish and Northern English dialects and historical texts.
Hayne is a ghost-word in modern English—you'll barely find it used except in Shakespeare and old Scottish poetry, showing how even basic agricultural words evolve and disappear as farming practices and language change over centuries.
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