tane

verb

1. (Scotland, alt-of, alternative, archaic)Alternative form of taken.

   “Would it not grieue a King to be so abuſ’d? / And haue a thouſand horſmen tane away?”

   “Ophe[lia]. He hath my Lord of late made many tenders / Of his affection to me. / […] / Pol[onius]. Marry I vvill teach you, thinke your ſelfe a babie / That you haue tane theſe tenders for true pay / VVhich are not ſterling, tender your ſelfe more dearely […]”

name

1. The god of forests and trees; brother of Tangaroa, Rongo and others.

   “According to the [Maori] myth ,Tane, the Polynesian god of the forests, first separates earth and sky and then creates his wife from the red clay that contains his parents' blood. Tane and his wife, the first woman in the world, give birth to a daughter Hine Titama, and when Tane and Hine Titama also give birth to children, they become the ancestors of the Maori people.”

2. The god of peace and beauty.