I. ˈtēn noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English tene, from Old English tēona injury, anger, grief; akin to Old Frisian tiona injury, Old Saxon tiono, Old Norse tjōn, and perhaps to Greek daiein to kindle, burn up, Sanskrit dunoti he burns, distresses
1. obsolete : injury , damage , hurt
2. chiefly Scotland : irritation , anger
3. archaic : grief , misery , affliction
with public toil and private teen thou sank'st alone — Matthew Arnold
II.
variant of tind
III. adjective
Etymology: -teen (as in thirteen )
: teenage
about the beginning of the teen period — John Ruskin