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▪ I. † ene, a. Obs. rare. Also 4 eene, ȝene, ȝeeene, yeene, yn. [related to OE. éanian, ean v.] Of sheep: With young, in lamb.
1388Wyclif Ps. cxliii. 13 The scheep of hem ben with lambre [v.r. eene, yn, ene, ȝeeene, ȝene; 1382 ful of frut; Vulg. fœtosæ.] ― Isa. xl. 11 He schal bere scheep with lomb [v.r. ene, ether with lomb, yeene, ether with lomb; 1382 ful of frut; Vulg. fœtas.] ▪ II. † ˈene, adv. Forms: 1 ǽne, 2–4 ene, (3 æne). [OE. ǽne, instr. case of án one. Cf. MHG. eine.] 1. Once, on one occasion; opposed to often.
Beowulf (Gr.) 3020 Ac sceal..Oft nalles æne elland tredan. c1000ælfric Gen. xviii. 31 Nu ic æne begann to sprecanne to minum Drihtne. c1175Lamb. Hom. 15 Ne beo þu nefre ene wrað þer fore. a1250Owl & Night. 1105 Vor hit bitidde ene swo, Ich am the blithur ever mo. c1325Chron. Eng. in Ritson Met. Rom. II. 304 Ene heo [the Danes] him [Edmund] overcome. 2. In phrases. for ene: once for all. at ene: (a) at one stroke, = at once 1; (b) in one group or set, = at once 2. to make at ene: to arrange, settle; cf. at one 2. See also bedene.
c1275Lay. 20462 For ene and for euere. 1297R. Glouc. 47 Thou nart one y payed oure tresour to nyme at ene. c1325E.E. Allit. P. A. 291 Þre wordez hatz þou spoken at ene. Ibid. 952 In þat on oure pes watz mad at ene. ▪ III. ene obs. form of even n.; also obs. pl. of eye. |