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a man of the servile class (cf. esne-cund, -wyrhta, and see Andrews' Old English Manor, pp. 192 sqq.)
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  • On esnes ham, of esnes hamme,

    • C. D. iii. 425, 21
      • .
in a more general sense,
a servant
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  • Nis esne

    (servus)

    ofer láferd his. Genóh biþ ꝥte esne sié swá swá láford his,

    • Mt. R. 10, 24, 25
      • :
    • Shrn. 196, 11
      • .

  • Þú esne náwiht,

    • Mt. R. 18, 32
      • .

  • Eádgo biðon esnas

    (servi)

    ðá ðá ðe se drihten gemoetað wæccendo,

    • Lk. L. 12, 37
      • .
a young man
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  • Ðe esne

    adolescens,

    • Mt. L. 19, 20, 22
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  • Ging esne,

    • Mk. L. R. 14, 51:

    juvenis,

    • 16, 5
      • .

  • Esne

    juvenis,

    • Lk. p. 6, 13.
a man
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  • Þú scealt beódan Israhéla folce, þæt esne bidde æt his frýnd and wíf æt hire néhgebúran,

    • Ex. 11, 2.
a man of mark, a learned, brave, &c. man.
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Cf. esnlíce:
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  • Zenodotus se eficisca esne,

    • Angl. viii. 334, 17.

  • Catus cwydas þæs calwan esnes,

    • 321, 29
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  • Þá híw þe þá rímcræftige esnas borlíce foregylpað,

    • 334, 27
      • .
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v. efen-esne.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “esne.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/44229.

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