† aˈyenbite Obs.
[f. ayen, again + bite; ME. translation of L. remorsus.]
Remorse.
| 1340 Ayenb. 1 Þis boc is dan Michelis of Northgate..þet hatte Ayenbyte of inwyt. 1878 M. Collins Village Com. II. ii. 17 That remorse, that ayenbite (to use good English), can only be felt by the spirit which has kinship to the Divinity. |