† ˈeyesene Obs.
Also 2 ec-, 3 æh-, eæh-, ex-, 4 eiȝe-sene, -seon.
[f. eye n.1 + ME. sene sight.]
Eyesight, presence.
| c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 143 Ech eorþe scal hwakien on his ecsene. c 1205 Lay. 8229 Ut of min æh senen [1275 hehseht]. c 1275 Prayer to Virgin 36 in O.E. Misc. (1872) 196 Þat ich nocht at dai of dome beo flemed of þin exsene. c 1320 Sir Tristr. 2222 Anon of lond he ches, Out of markes eiȝe sene. |