单词 | enfamine |
释义 | † enfaminen. Obsolete. Famine, starvation. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [noun] > scarcity of food or famine hungerc1000 dear1297 deartha1325 fault1340 famine1362 barrennessa1425 affaminea1450 enfaminea1450 wantc1450 scarceness1481 Lang Reeda1525 famishment1526 cleanness of teeth1560 breadlessness1860 a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xii. l. 352 It [sc. the castle] Myhte neuere I-wonnë be But Only thorwgh Enfamyne. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019). † enfaminev. Obsolete. 1. intransitive. To perish by famine. ΚΠ c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1194 Faste fayled hem þe fode, enfaminied monie. 2. transitive. To cause to suffer famine; to starve. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > manner of death > die in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > die of hunger astervec1000 enfamine138. bursta1440 famish1530 famine1553 starve1578 affamish1622 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > hunger for [verb (transitive)] > cause to suffer famine enfamine138. 138. J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 150 Þes ben euele fadris þat þus cruelly enfamynen here sugetis soulis. c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) ii. xxiv. 60 b When men enfamined haue nether grein ne bred. 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. clxxi Within the first yere he had enfamyned the londe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1450v.138. |
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