Middle English Dictionary Entry
ēnen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | ēnen v. Also enien, einden. Ppl. i)ened, i-yened. |
| Etymology | OE ēanian; cp.E dial. yean. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. ene lamb.
1.
To bear or give birth to (a lamb or a kid); to lamb or kid.
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.451 : [In þat Ester tyde an hoyffer þat schulde be y-offred in þe temple] enyed [vrr. enede, ened] a lomb.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.303 : Alle þe splekked lamberne and kedes þat schulden be i-ȝened [vr. yȝened] durynge his couenant schulde be Iacob his mede.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)276b/a : A goot enyeþ manye kydes at oones.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)264b/a : Auicenne and aristotil meneþ þat some lambes beþ y ened [Caxton: eindyd] in spingyng [read: springyng] tyme and some in heruest tyme..Þise bestes ben profitabliche y ened [Caxton: enyd] in Wynter tyme.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)140 : Enynne, or brynge forthe kyndelyngys: Feto.