A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Engyn], sb. understanding, craft, device, engine, MD, C2, C3; engyne, S3; engine, Sh.—AF. engin; Lat. ingenium.

[ Engyned], pp. tortured, C.

[ Enhached], pp. marked, S3, HD.

[ Enhastyng], pr. p. hasting, S3; enhasted, pp., HD.

[ Enhaunsen], v. to raise, C, W, W2; anhaunse, NED; enhansed, pp., PP.—AF. enhauncer, enhancer.

[ Enhorten], v. to encourage, MD, C.—OF. enhorter; Lat. inhortari.

[ Enke], sb. ink, MD, W; ynke, Voc.; inke, Cath.—OF. enque (Bartsch); Lat. encaustum; Gr. ἔγκαυστον.

[ Enker], adj. special, particular. Phr.: enker grene, wholly green, MD, HD.

[ Enkerly], adv. particularly, entirely, B, MD, JD; enkrely, B; ynkirly, B; ynkurly, S2, B.—Icel. einkarliga, variant of einkanliga, especially, particularly; see einka- in CV.

[ Enleuene], num. eleven, PP, W; enleven, W; enleue, PP; elleuene, PP; elleue, PP; eleuene, PP; aleuin, JD; alewin, S3; allevin, S3, NED.—AS. endleofan, endlufan (ellefan); Goth. ain-lif; see Douse, p. 80.