enuye

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French enuie.

Noun

enuye (plural enuyes)

  1. distress; pain; lament

Etymology 2

Noun

enuye (plural enuyes)

  1. Alternative spelling of envie
    • 13th century, South English Legendary:
      Þe gywes slowe and nome [Jesus] ffor enuye.
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