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Elne vs Esne - What's the difference?

elne | esne |

As nouns the difference between elne and esne

is that elne is alternative form of ellen while esne is a hireling of servile status; slave.

As a verb elne

is to strengthen; hearten; comfort; encourage.

elne

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) elnen, from (etyl) . See (l).

Verb

  • (obsolete) To strengthen; hearten; comfort; encourage.
    • Derived terms
    * (l) * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) elne, ellen, from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Noun

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    • esne

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Anglo-Saxon, historical) A hireling of servile status; slave.
  • *1818 , Samuel Heywood, A dissertation upon the distinctions in society :
    • To an esne , therefore, I refer the entry in Doomsday-book, that at Chester, if a male or female slave shall do any [...]
  • *1875 , William Stubbs, The constitutional history of England, in its origin and development :
    • [...] of British extraction captured or purchased, — or of the common German stock descended from the slaves of the first colonists: the esne or slave who works for hire; [...]
  • *2011 , David Anthony Edgell Pelteret, Slavery in Early Mediaeval England :
    • [...] insist that in the event of the death of an esne his full value had to be paid.
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