单词 | eigne |
释义 | eigneadj. Law. a. Firstborn, eldest; see ayne adj. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [adjective] > first-born eldestc1000 first-begottenc1350 first-gottena1382 firstbornc1384 first-gendereda1398 first-kinneda1400 oldest1478 ayne1483 first-conceived1574 eigne1586 eldest-born1608 primogenit1619 first-begot1671 primogenitala1706 old1706 primogenitary1827 primogenitive1842 1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 286 Hee hath issue a sonne naturall by a concubine and after marryeth the same concubine, him the lawyers of Englande, call a Bastarde eigne. 1613 H. Finch Law (1636) 253 Where there be many of one name, diuersitie of the names must be put by addition of eigne, puisne, etc. 1677 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer iv. 65 Thou art not so much as Bastard eigne. 1809 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. Eigne, eldest or first-born; as bastard eigne. b. eigne title: a prior, superior title. eigne estate: one that is entailed. ΚΠ 1618 M. Dalton Countrey Justice 186 By reason of the eigne title of the disseisee. a1641 J. Smyth Berkeley MSS (1885) III. 264 Hee was remitted to his eigne estate taile, to him and to the heires males of his body. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1586 |
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