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† enˈgleim, v. Obs.
Also 4–5 englayme, (4 glym), 5 yngleym.
[f. en-1 + gleim slime.]
1. trans. To make slimy, clammy, or sticky; to set fast with slime. Also, to clog, choke, surfeit (the stomach).
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xv. 56 The man that moche hony eteth · his mawe it engleymeth. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) V. 253 Wiþ aer infecte and engleymed [Lat. aere corrupto]. 1398― Barth de P.R. vii. xlix. (1495) 261 Ache and tourment that comyth of humours engleymed in the guttes. a1400Morte Arth. 1131 Þe guttez and the gorre..Þat alle englaymez þe gresse, one grounde þer he standez! c1440Promp. Parv. 198 Gleymyn, or yngleymyn, visco, invisco.
2. fig. To set fast, as in slime, or as a bird with birdlime; to entangle, ensnare. Const. in, with.
a1340Hampole Psalter xliii. 27 Clemyd [S. englymede] is in erthe oure wambe. 1340–70Alex. & Dind. 676 Englaymed was in glotenye · & glad to be drounke. c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 150 Þese prestis and þese clerkis..ben most engleymed [wiþ coveteise]. c1440Hylton Scala Perf. (W. de W. 1494) i. xliii, Yf thy herte be taken & engleymed with a veyne luste. c1470Harding Chron. liv. ii, The Barons were so with gold englaymed.
3. intr. To settle, to stick.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. i. 692 That noon offes white Englayme uppon the rootes of her tonnge.
Hence enˈgleimed ppl. a.: of the tongue: furred.
1493Festivall (W. de W. 1515) 16 b, His tongue engleymed and his nose blacke, etc. |