† enˈgleim, v. Obs.
Also 4–5 englayme, (4 glym), 5 yngleym.
[f. en-1 + gleim slime.]
1. trans. To make slimy, clammy, or sticky; to set fast with slime. Also, to clog, choke, surfeit (the stomach).
| 1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. xv. 56 The man that moche hony eteth · his mawe it engleymeth. 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) V. 253 Wiþ aer infecte and engleymed [Lat. aere corrupto]. 1398 ― Barth de P.R. vii. xlix. (1495) 261 Ache and tourment that comyth of humours engleymed in the guttes. ? a 1400 Morte Arth. 1131 Þe guttez and the gorre..Þat alle englaymez þe gresse, one grounde þer he standez! c 1440 Promp. Parv. 198 Gleymyn, or yngleymyn, visco, invisco. |
2. fig. To set fast, as in slime, or as a bird with birdlime; to entangle, ensnare. Const. in, with.
| a 1340 Hampole Psalter xliii. 27 Clemyd [S. englymede] is in erthe oure wambe. 1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 676 Englaymed was in glotenye · & glad to be drounke. c 1380 Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 150 Þese prestis and þese clerkis..ben most engleymed [wiþ coveteise]. c 1440 Hylton Scala Perf. (W. de W. 1494) i. xliii, Yf thy herte be taken & engleymed with a veyne luste. c 1470 Harding Chron. liv. ii, The Barons were so with gold englaymed. |
3. intr. To settle, to stick.
| c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 692 That noon offes white Englayme uppon the rootes of her tonnge. |
Hence enˈgleimed ppl. a.: of the tongue: furred.
| 1493 Festivall (W. de W. 1515) 16 b, His tongue engleymed and his nose blacke, etc. |