Dictionary entry

Teen

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Teen (?), n. [OE. tene, AS. teóna reproach, wrong, fr. teón to accuse; akin to G. zeihen, Goth. gateihan to tell, announce, L. dicere to say. See Token.] Grief; sorrow; affiction; pain. Chaucer. Spenser.

With public toil and private teen

Thou sank'st alone. M. Arnold.