Esne. i
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - esne. i
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- esne. I
- add :-- Gif mannes esne frigne manna ofslæhð, Ll. Th. i. 28, 4. Gif cirican-mannes esne tihte folces-mannes esne, his dryhten hine geclénsige, 42, 11. Gif mon sweordes onlǽne óðres esne (þeówe, 11), 120, 12. His ágenne þeówne esne servum suum, 48, 12: 42, 6. II. add :-- Mon on ealdum bigspellum cwyð, ðæt hwílum beó esnes tíd, hwílum óðres, ProIV a. add: The word occurs as a proper name, as well as the patronymic Esning. v. Txts. 543. esne