1529 tr. M. Luther in tr. Erasmus sig. f. v Againste his minde to abyde chaste vnto greate perille of his soule, his nature there againste repininge , and all the powers of the same.

c1530 1262 Enuy will grutch, repining at his wele.

1539 R. Morison sig. Cv Maye make all men that canne lerne to..serue where they oughte to serue, and not to repine .

1576 G. Whetstone 59 She repined at all the instruments of his ill fortune.

1637 R. Humfrey tr. St. Ambrose i. 118 One..is repined at, because hee hath some of the inheritance.

1671 J. Milton ii. 94 I will not argue that, nor will repine .

1728 E. Young (ed. 2) v. 97 Repine we guiltless in a world like this?

1767 J. Firebrace 3 How can we brethren of the same corruption repine ?

1808 W. Scott iv. x. 196 From pool to eddy..You hear her streams repine .

1855 Aug. 169/2 Why should we repine about trifles?

1878 R. Browning 196 Why repine ? There's ever someone lives although ourselves be dead!

1923 W. S. Davis xiv. 253 To repine against their lot is ingratitude toward God.

1961 B. Fergusson xv. 364 Like the good soldier he was, he never reproached or repined .