▪ I. † ene, a. Obs. rare.
Also 4 eene, ȝene, ȝeeene, yeene, yn.
[related to OE. éanian, ean v.]
Of sheep: With young, in lamb.
| 1388 Wyclif Ps. cxliii. 13 The scheep of hem ben with lambre [v.r. eene, yn, ene, ȝeeene, ȝene; 1382 ful of frut; Vulg. fœtosæ.] ― Isa. xl. 11 He schal bere scheep with lomb [v.r. ene, ether with lomb, yeene, ether with lomb; 1382 ful of frut; Vulg. fœtas.] |
▪ II. † ˈene, adv.
Forms: 1 ǽne, 2–4 ene, (3 æne).
[OE. ǽne, instr. case of án one. Cf. MHG. eine.]
1. Once, on one occasion; opposed to often.
| Beowulf (Gr.) 3020 Ac sceal..Oft nalles æne elland tredan. c 1000 ælfric Gen. xviii. 31 Nu ic æne begann to sprecanne to minum Drihtne. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 15 Ne beo þu nefre ene wrað þer fore. a 1250 Owl & Night. 1105 Vor hit bitidde ene swo, Ich am the blithur ever mo. c 1325 Chron. Eng. in Ritson Met. Rom. II. 304 Ene heo [the Danes] him [Edmund] overcome. |
2. In phrases. for ene: once for all. at ene: (a) at one stroke, = at once 1; (b) in one group or set, = at once 2. to make at ene: to arrange, settle; cf. at one 2. See also bedene.
| c 1275 Lay. 20462 For ene and for euere. 1297 R. Glouc. 47 Thou nart one y payed oure tresour to nyme at ene. c 1325 E.E. Allit. P. A. 291 Þre wordez hatz þou spoken at ene. Ibid. 952 In þat on oure pes watz mad at ene. |
▪ III. ene
obs. form of even n.; also obs. pl. of eye.