† eˈnorn, v. Obs.
Also 4–6 enn-, enourne(n, (4 enhorne, en(n)urn(e, ennowrn), enorn(e, 5 enoorne, 6 -ourne.
[Altered form of anorn, q.v.]
1. trans. To adorn, deck, trim; to set out (a table); = anorn; also fig.
| c 1325 E.E. Allit. P. A. 1026 Þe wonez with-inne enurned ware Wyth alle kynnez perre þat moȝt repayre. c 1340 Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 2027 His cote..Ennurned vpon veluet vertuuus stonez. c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints, Margarete 15 Til enhorne vchis & cronis. 1382 Wyclif Ecclus. xxix. 33 Go, gest, and enourne the bord. c 1400 Destr. Troy 1675 An auter enournet in nome of a god. a 1430 Pilgr. Lyf. Manhode iii. li. (1869) 162, I was oones arayed and enoorned with you riht queyntliche. 1513 Bradshaw. St. Werberge i. 3431 This sacrat relique..Enowrned with riches sumptuous. |
2. To adore, worship. (See anorn ¶ .)
| c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints, Theodora 666 Al þai knychtis a-pone kne Ennornyt hyme. |
Hence † eˈnorning vbl. n. Obs., the action of the vb. enorn; in quot. concr. ornamentation. † eˈnornment, Obs., adornment, ornamentation.
| 1382 Wyclif Ecclus. xxii. 23 As grauely enournynge [v.r. Enuyrownynge] in a briȝt wal. ― Jer. ii. 32 Whether forȝete shal the maiden of hir enournement? c 1400 Mandeville (Roxb.) xxxii. 145 We hald swilk enournement grete foly. c 1483–4 Will Taylour (Somerset Ho.), Item, I bequeth to my Cosyn Robert Sturmyn..all the enournamente belonging vnto my Chapell. [1513 see enorment.] |