▪ I. † es, n. Obs.
Also 4 hes, 5 ese.
[OE. ǽs, corresp. to OHG. âs, MDu. aes (mod.Ger., Du. aas):—OTeut. *æ̂sso(m, f. æ̂t- ablaut-form of root *et- to eat.]
Carrion; also carrion used as bait, a bait.
| Beowulf (Gr.) 1331 Atol æse wlanc eft siðas teah fylle ᵹefræᵹnod. 975 O.E. Chron., Letan him behindan..þane hasewan padan earn æftan hwit æses brucan. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 123 Þenne bið he gredi þes eses and forswoleȝeð þene hoc forð mid þan ese. 1340 Ayenb. 55 Yerne to þe mete ase deþ þe hond to þe hes. c 1450 Lat. & Eng. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 579 Edia, ese. |
▪ II. es, pers. pron. Obs.
[phonetic variant of hes, his; often attached to the vb. of which it is the obj.: see his pron.2, and cf. † as pron.]
a. Them (acc. pl.). b. Her, it (acc. fem. sing.).
| a 1200 Moral Ode 55 Þe þet echte wile habben wel hwile þe he muȝe es welden. Giue hies for godes luue{revsc} þenne deþ hes wel ihalden. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 135 He knowned [read knoweð] one ilc sterre name, He settes in ðe firmament. c 1300 Havelok 970 He bouthe him boþe hosen and shon, And sone dide him dones on. c 1314 Guy Warw. (A.) 3850 He oxed his armes hastiliche And men es him brouȝt sikerliche. |
▪ III. es
obs. form of his pron.1
| a 1300 Cursor M. 4641 (Cott.), I wat nour quar es mak. Ibid. 4677 Depe selers..Thoru es aun scel-wis red, He fild wit wines, quite and red. |
▪ IV. es
obs. form of is: see be v. A. 1.
▪ V. es
obs. var. of are: see be v. A. 1 ¶ .