† ensiegen.
Obsolete. rare.
Siege; in phrase to lay ensiege.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > lay siege [verb (intransitive)]
to lay ensiege?a1500
to plant a siegea1500
to sit down1593
inleaguer1603
to set downa1616
to lie down1693
sit1802
?a1500 MS. Lincoln A i. 17 f. 4 (Halliw.) He went unto the citee of Tyre, and layde ensegge abowte it.
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† ensiegev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To besiege. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > besiege or blockade [verb (transitive)]
belieOE
besita1100
beset?c1225
assiege1297
besiege1297
belayc1320
umsiegea1325
ensiegec1380
environa1382
to set before1382
siege1390
forset?a1400
foldc1400
setc1400
to lay siege to, unto, about, against, beforec1449
oppugn?a1475
pursue1488
obsess1503
ferma1522
gird1548
begird1589
beleaguer1590
block1591
invest1591
intermure1606
blockade1684
to lay blockade to1713
leaguer1720
to form the siege1776
cerne1857
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 25 Titus and Waspasian..ensegiden Jerusalem.
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 155 Þei ensegen þe soulis of men.
?a1400 Morte Arth. 1337 Ensegge all þa cetese be the salte strandez.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xiii. 58 When twa rewmes er at were and owþer party ensegez citee, toune or castell.
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