William Bates.
Birmingham.
ENOUGH.
(Vol. vii., p. 455.)
This word, when written or pronounced enow, is regarded as a plural, and relates to number. In this sense it is employed in Northampton and other Midland counties, and is found in old writers. If the word was always pronounced enow, it must be long since. The distinction above hinted at prevailed in Waller's time, and he conforms to it in the examples quoted. Butler, in Hudibras, has both:
"This b'ing professed we hope enough,
And now go on where we left off.'
Part i. canto 2. 44.
Again, line 1153. of the same canto: