enowadj.pron.adv.¹

Brit.

/ᵻˈnaʊ/, U.S.

/ᵻˈnaʊ/, Scottish English

/ᵻˈnʌʊ/

Forms:

α. (plural) Old English–early Middle English (in copy of Old English charter) genoge, early Middle English ȝenoȝe, early Middle English inoge, early Middle English inoȝe, early Middle English inoȝen (south-west midlands), early Middle English inoȝhe, early Middle English inohe, early Middle English inohȝe.

β. Middle English enoo, Middle English enwe, Middle English inewe (chiefly northern), Middle English innowe (north-west midlands), Middle English inouwe, Middle English inov, Middle English jnou, Middle English jnow, Middle English jnowe, Middle English ynewe (northern and north midlands), Middle English ynoe, Middle English ynou, Middle English yonw (northern), Middle English (chiefly East Anglian and northern)–1500s anowe, Middle English (chiefly Yorkshire)–1500s enewe, Middle English (northern and north-east midlands)–1500s ynew, Middle English (chiefly East Anglian and east midlands) 1600s anow, Middle English 1600s enew, Middle English 1600s inou, Middle English (East Anglian)–1500s inew, Middle English–1600s enowe, Middle English–1600s inow, Middle English–1600s inowe, Middle English–1600s ynow, Middle English–1600s ynowe, Middle English– enow, 1500s yenowe, 1600s eno, 1600s innow, 1600s–1800s eno'; English regional 1800s anoo, 1800s anow, 1800s anuw (Devon), 1800s eno (Lancashire), 1800s enou (Surrey), 1800s enou' (Surrey), 1800s enow, 1800s inow (Lincolnshire), 1800s uneo (Somerset), 1800s–1900s enew, 1800s– anew, 1800s– enoo (Lancashire and north-west midlands); Scottish pre-1700 anewe, pre-1700 enewe, pre-1700 ennew, pre-1700 inew, pre-1700 ynew, pre-1700 ynewe, pre-1700 1700s–1800s anew, pre-1700 1700s–1900s enew, 1700s– enow, 1800s aneuw, 1800s–1900s eneu', 1900s enoo, 1900s– anyow; Irish English 1800s eenew (Wexford), 1900s– enoo (northern), 1900s– enow (northern).

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: enough adj.

Etymology: Originally the inflected stem of enough adj., subsequently becoming a separate word, but in some periods and regions used as a counterpart of enough adj. in certain syntactic contexts (see discussion at that entry).In Old English nominative and accusative plural genōge the final -e represents the plural inflection (compare discussion at enough adj., pron., n., and adv.), which is retained in early Middle English (see the α. forms). The stem-final consonant in these inflected forms regularly developed to w in early Middle English (see the β. forms, and compare the discussion at enough adj., pron., n., and adv.). Old English plural genōge is homonymous with attested accusative singular feminine genōge (compare quot. OE at sense A. 2b). However, in the main, use in sense A. 2b is apparently not to be explained as showing a reflex of this Old English feminine form. Similarly, the adverbial uses in branch C. apparently derive from the β. forms of the adjective, rather than from the uninflected Old English adverb (compare discussion at enough adj., pron., n., and adv.). Old English uninflected genōg has not been included among the α. forms as it apparently partly represents pronunciation with final devoicing (see discussion at enough adj., pron., n., and adv.).

Now Scottish, English regional (northern), and archaic.

A. adj. (determiner).

†1. With plural agreement. Sc. National Dict. (1931) at Anew adj. says: ‘For the most part the distinction..between enough and enow is observed in the Scottish use of aneuch and anew—viz. anew for number (plur[al]), aneuch for quantity (sing[ular]); but exceptions become more freq[uent] in the later usage.’

a. attributive with (and usually following) a plural noun. As many as wanted or required; sufficient; = enough adj. 1b. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective]

enoughOE

enowOE

goodOE

suffisanta1340

skilfula1350

sufficientc1380

duea1398

aboundable?1440

competentc1440

suffiand1456

sufficient1539

answerable1551

honourable1590

sufficinga1616

well1673

undeficient1854

OE Beowulf (2008) 3104 Þæt ge genoge neon sceawiað beagas ond brad gold.

lOE Sale of Land, Exeter (Exeter 3501) (Dict. Old Eng. transcript) Ða sint þage gewitnisse of þam lande þe Alfric bohte..: Siword and Swæin, Giðwine, Heisucg Alword se scinr and oþre genoge.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 7932 Þatt witenn menn inoȝhe.

c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Royal) (1981) l. 237 Ah wordes þu hauest inohe.

c1330 Seven Sages (Auch.) (1933) l. 787 He kest þe bor doun hawes anowe.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 4563 In a medow sliht, Floures and gress i-now i fand.

c1450 in F. J. Furnivall Hymns to Virgin & Christ (1867) 76 God haþ mercies y-now in stoore For a þousand worldis.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ii. vii. (vi.) 23 I than, by cleir takynnis anew, Manifestlie all the Greikis falsheid knew.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. xxxix. 10 They shall haue weapens ynew to burne.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. K4 He would be sure to name windes enovve.

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xx. 24 His mere looks threw darts enow t'impress Their pow'rs with trembling.

1628 R. Sanderson Two Serm. Paules-Crosse i. 68 The Diuell will bee sure to suggest enow of these pretensions.

1670 J. Bryan Dwelling with God i. 7 This is accounted a great commodity, of a House to have Roomes enow, and Room enough.

a1719 J. Addison Dialogues Medals in Wks. (1721) I. i. 444 I think there are at Rome enow modern works of Architecture to employ any reasonable man.

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. ii. 334 Had I run Opera-mad..or Election-mad I might have found companions enow to keep me in countenance.

1828 H. Steuart Planter's Guide 253 Accidents enow will happen, without aggravating them by carelessness.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xii. 161 You must do something to get your own dinner; there's not praties enow for the whole of ye.

a1835 J. Grant Tales of Glens (1869) 57 Willawins! gin't waur permittet they micht get sichts enow, and sichts 'at wad gar their een reel, and their head turn.

1858 ‘G. Eliot’ Amos Barton vii. in Scenes Clerical Life I. 31/2 As if there wasn't children enoo to wash, wi'out washin' dogs.

1868 G. MacDonald Eng. Antiphon 210 Without yet having generated thoughts enow concerning the subject itself.

1928 Aberdeen Book-lover 6 i. 13 An' there's orders enew for the pans an' the pails.

b. In predicative use. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1561 G. Gilby in G. Gilby tr. Cicero Epistle To Rdr. sig. A.iii Officers are enowe and wel prouided for in all places but these officers vnderstand not their office and duty.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. ii. 25 'Tis positiue against all exceptions..That..our Pesants..were enow To purge this field of such a hilding Foe.

1647 T. May Hist. Parl. Pref. sig. B Any English man, whose yeares have been enow to make him know the Actions that were done.

1760 L. Sterne Serm. Yorick (1773) IV. 31 As if the causes of anguish in the heart were not enow.

1796 C. Marshall Introd. Knowl. & Pract. Gardening xii. 197 Three or four [cf. fruits], on a long and strong branch are quite enow.

1825 W. Scott Talisman vi, in Tales Crusaders IV. 116 Those charges, which there are enow to press him with in his absence.

2. With singular agreement.

†a. In predicative use: = enough adj. 2. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

?c1250 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Egerton) l. 385 in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 183 Crist scal one beon inou alle his durlinges.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 2485 (MED) Thogh nomore he fiele, Bot that sche hath a litel hiele, It is ynow that he therfore Hire love.

1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. v. sig. H4 Thats enow a conscience.

1673 J. Hill Interest of United Provinces sig. L^v The Interest of Holland..reckons the sum of that Province alone 2400000. But if there be so many in them all, it is enow.

1814 Ld. Byron Lara i. xxviii. 606 It was enow To seal his lip, but agonise his brow.

1869 H. L. Twisleton Poems Craven Dial. (ed. 2) 67 Heavy guns wi' clattering gear Ower gutters deep did rattle; 'Twos quite enow to mack yan sweear.

1883 19th Cent. Oct. 602 Ridin' in a dickey cart's enow for him and me.

b. attributive with (and usually following) a singular mass noun. = enough adj. 1a.In quot. OE showing agreement with a feminine noun in the accusative singular. See discussion in etymology.In quots. 1958, 1995 after FitzGerald's use in quot. 1859, all with count nouns treated as mass.

ΚΠ

OE Lacnunga (2001) I. lxiii. 32 Gif ðu næbbe buteran genoge,..mængc oðre wið.]

c1300 St. Kenelm (Harl.) l. 235 in F. J. Furnivall Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 54 Ho so hadde suche kyn ynowe, he nere noȝt to bymene Þeȝ his larder were neȝ ido.

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 7981 Þe king & Roberd..wiþ gret ost & strengþe inou to engelond come.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 2443 (MED) Betwyx him [Abraham] and loth his neuow Of bestaile hade þei plente enow.

1471 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 565 I haue hey j-now of myn owne.

1658 Earl of Monmouth tr. P. Paruta Hist. Venice ii. i. 44 The Governour..gave the Islanders timely notice of the Enemies approach by shooting off of Guns, so as they might get time enow to get within the Town.

1685 S. Wesley Maggots (new ed.) 151 'Tis reason enow if it fills up the Verse.

1797 A. M. Bennett Beggar Girl IV. iv. 102 Don't vex yourself aboot me, mamma; I warrant I've stuff enow aboot me to teak care of myself.

1859 E. FitzGerald tr. Rubáiyát Omar Khayyám xi. 3 Here with..A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse—and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness—And Wilderness is Paradise enow!

1928 J. G. Horne Lan'wart Loon 14 The day was mair nor hafflins thro', But Tammy thocht he'd time enoo.

1958 E. Birney Turvey iv. 31 A mass fear of expulsion from what, compared to the Basic Training routine, was paradise enow.

1995 Irish Times (Nexis) 27 Feb. (Weather Eye section) 2 In Metutopia the harassed commuter, the shopper and the children on their way to school would all have the benefit of..non polluting electric transportation. That indeed were Metutopia enow!

3. = enough adj. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > [adverb] > well-cooked

enoughOE

enowa1382

(roasted, done, etc.) to a turn1686

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Deut. xvi. 7 Þou shalt Make yt ynow [a1425 Corpus Oxf. ynowȝ; a1425 L.V. sethe; L. coques] & eete in þe place þat þe lord..cheseþ.

c1400 Utilis Coquinario in C. B. Hieatt & S. Butler Curye on Inglysch (1985) 83 Tak partriches & pyes..& roste hem þat þey be half ynow.

a1450 in T. Austin Two 15th-cent. Cookery-bks. (1888) 14 (MED) Take Conynge, Hen, or Mawlard, and roste hem alle-most y-now.

B. pron.

1. Enough people; (also) a large number of people.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > enough persons

enowc1175

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 384 Mann maȝȝ findenn..Bitwenenn uss inoȝhe..Þatt mann hemm hallt forr gode menn.

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 5459 (MED) Heye & lowe þer were aslawe in eyþer alf ynowe.

c1390 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 155 (MED) Þe while þat þou ledest þi lyf in ese..Þe fyndest I-nouwe þat wol þe plese.

c1450 King Ponthus (Digby) in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1897) 12 41 (MED) It was not long bot of Bretane and of othre contres ther come enwe.

1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique iii. f. 97 There are enow that will testifie of his naughtinesse, and auouche his euill demeanour.

1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. D8 There are inow, and more than a good meanie.

1646 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple 86 There are enow whose draughts as deep as hell, Drinke up all Spaine in Sack.

1669 T. Shadwell Royal Shepherdess i. i Thou wilt surely have Enow to court thee.

a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) v. 144 Enow there are on earth to take in charge Their Wives, their Children, and their virgin Loves.

1984 C. Kightly Country Voices v. 126 There was nine or ten men on most farms, and they'd mow the barley: they had enow on the farm to do it, they didn't hev no hired men about here.

2. = enough pron. and n. 1. †to have enow to do: = to have enough to do at enough adj., pron., n., and adv. Phrases 1 (obsolete).

ΚΠ

in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 55 (MED) Knoweþ ȝour freend fro ȝour foo, haueth y-now & seith hoo!

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 27601 Inow no mai man find o þaa.

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Manciple's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 66 Than shal we alle haue ynow to doone In liftynge vp his heuy dronken cors.

a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 40 As for kynge Royens, he hath ynow ado with kynge Lodegreauns, for he hath leyde sege unto hym.

1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) ii. lvii. 56 Ynowe to doo for many a day herafter.

a1500 Sir Degrevant (Cambr.) (1949) l. 1040 Whedur he wol tornay or fyȝth, He shal haue inow.

1599 S. Daniel Let. from Octavia li. sig. D2^v, in Poet. Ess. I know t'haue said too much, but not ynow.

1766 D. Hume Let. 11 Feb. (1932) II. 13 You have seen in the News papers enow of Particulars concerning my Pupil, who has now left me.

1821 J. Clare Let. 8 July (1985) 203 You shall have..enew..to make two more such [volumes].

1891 ‘H. Haliburton’ Ochil Idylls 18 Blink on the banks where I was born, And that's eneu' for me.

1935 A. W. Boyd Country Diary Cheshire Man (1946) 98 A neighbour told me an old Cheshire rhyme:..‘A pianet's a foo; A stick or two's enoo’. A ‘pianet’ is a magpie, whose bulky domed nest the wood-pigeon is supposed to regard with scorn.

1980 L. A. M. Simpson Coll. Poems (1988) 307 Enow o' thy clatter. I never seen a rip as th'art. Shall y'ave your dinner warmed?

2014 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 30 Dec. 18 It's enow tae stairt me stoap believin, In you, yer reindeers, elves an toys.

C. adv.¹

= enough adv. (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb]

enougheOE

well enoughOE

enowc1300

fairc1300

suffisantlya1340

enoughly1340

meeta1350

sufficientlyc1380

duly1393

competentlyc1440

sufficient1509

'nougha1618

adequately1639

nuff1778

sufficingly1821

c1300 Life & Martyrdom Thomas Becket (Harl. 2277) (1845) l. 2096 Honurede that holi bodi and custe hit ynowe.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 100 Þanne was þe best bliþe i-nov for þe barnes sake.

c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1879) l. 893 To make myn wounde large I-now I gesse.

a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) i. ii. sig. A.iiij Bee of good cheere, anon ye shall doe well ynow.

1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. I2^v Make vp once more with me the twentith part Of those that liue, are men inow to quaile, The feeble handfull on the aduerse part.

1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads xiii. 271 Or if you had been hurt 'tis sure enow, Nor in your back nor neck had been the wound.

1732 H. Baker & J. Miller tr. Molière Doctor & No Doctor iii. 107 in Sel. Comedies II Ah, sir! I'se know well enow that a deserves all those Naimes.

1796 W. Burke Adela Northington II. xxxiii. 87 Well, God be we' ye Miss, you're a clever girl, good enow for the parson himself.

1814 R. Southey Tale of Paraguay i. 19 A few firm stakes..Circling a narrow space, yet large enow.

1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 235 Bright enow With gold and gems.

1905 A. C. Swinburne Poems III. 134 For all my subtle wiles, perdie, God wot I loved him well enow.

1980 F. Dobson Fungus 36 Sure enew, as they come into a little clearin', ther' was two o' the gang o' wildcats gethered theer, as was 'evvin' a reight owd set-to.

1999 I. Lawrence Smugglers (2003) 31 He invited us to share his table. ‘If ye think it's good enow for men o' London,’ said he.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	enow
释义	enowadj.pron.adv.¹ Brit. /ᵻˈnaʊ/, U.S. /ᵻˈnaʊ/, Scottish English /ᵻˈnʌʊ/ Forms: α. (plural) Old English–early Middle English (in copy of Old English charter) genoge, early Middle English ȝenoȝe, early Middle English inoge, early Middle English inoȝe, early Middle English inoȝen (south-west midlands), early Middle English inoȝhe, early Middle English inohe, early Middle English inohȝe. β. Middle English enoo, Middle English enwe, Middle English inewe (chiefly northern), Middle English innowe (north-west midlands), Middle English inouwe, Middle English inov, Middle English jnou, Middle English jnow, Middle English jnowe, Middle English ynewe (northern and north midlands), Middle English ynoe, Middle English ynou, Middle English yonw (northern), Middle English (chiefly East Anglian and northern)–1500s anowe, Middle English (chiefly Yorkshire)–1500s enewe, Middle English (northern and north-east midlands)–1500s ynew, Middle English (chiefly East Anglian and east midlands) 1600s anow, Middle English 1600s enew, Middle English 1600s inou, Middle English (East Anglian)–1500s inew, Middle English–1600s enowe, Middle English–1600s inow, Middle English–1600s inowe, Middle English–1600s ynow, Middle English–1600s ynowe, Middle English– enow, 1500s yenowe, 1600s eno, 1600s innow, 1600s–1800s eno'; English regional 1800s anoo, 1800s anow, 1800s anuw (Devon), 1800s eno (Lancashire), 1800s enou (Surrey), 1800s enou' (Surrey), 1800s enow, 1800s inow (Lincolnshire), 1800s uneo (Somerset), 1800s–1900s enew, 1800s– anew, 1800s– enoo (Lancashire and north-west midlands); Scottish pre-1700 anewe, pre-1700 enewe, pre-1700 ennew, pre-1700 inew, pre-1700 ynew, pre-1700 ynewe, pre-1700 1700s–1800s anew, pre-1700 1700s–1900s enew, 1700s– enow, 1800s aneuw, 1800s–1900s eneu', 1900s enoo, 1900s– anyow; Irish English 1800s eenew (Wexford), 1900s– enoo (northern), 1900s– enow (northern). Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: enough adj. Etymology: Originally the inflected stem of enough adj., subsequently becoming a separate word, but in some periods and regions used as a counterpart of enough adj. in certain syntactic contexts (see discussion at that entry).In Old English nominative and accusative plural genōge the final -e represents the plural inflection (compare discussion at enough adj., pron., n., and adv.), which is retained in early Middle English (see the α. forms). The stem-final consonant in these inflected forms regularly developed to w in early Middle English (see the β. forms, and compare the discussion at enough adj., pron., n., and adv.). Old English plural genōge is homonymous with attested accusative singular feminine genōge (compare quot. OE at sense A. 2b). However, in the main, use in sense A. 2b is apparently not to be explained as showing a reflex of this Old English feminine form. Similarly, the adverbial uses in branch C. apparently derive from the β. forms of the adjective, rather than from the uninflected Old English adverb (compare discussion at enough adj., pron., n., and adv.). Old English uninflected genōg has not been included among the α. forms as it apparently partly represents pronunciation with final devoicing (see discussion at enough adj., pron., n., and adv.). Now Scottish, English regional (northern), and archaic. A. adj. (determiner). †1. With plural agreement. Sc. National Dict. (1931) at Anew adj. says: ‘For the most part the distinction..between enough and enow is observed in the Scottish use of aneuch and anew—viz. anew for number (plur[al]), aneuch for quantity (sing[ular]); but exceptions become more freq[uent] in the later usage.’ a. attributive with (and usually following) a plural noun. As many as wanted or required; sufficient; = enough adj. 1b. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] enoughOE enowOE goodOE suffisanta1340 skilfula1350 sufficientc1380 duea1398 aboundable?1440 competentc1440 suffiand1456 sufficient1539 answerable1551 honourable1590 sufficinga1616 well1673 undeficient1854 OE Beowulf (2008) 3104 Þæt ge genoge neon sceawiað beagas ond brad gold. lOE Sale of Land, Exeter (Exeter 3501) (Dict. Old Eng. transcript) Ða sint þage gewitnisse of þam lande þe Alfric bohte..: Siword and Swæin, Giðwine, Heisucg Alword se scinr and oþre genoge. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 7932 Þatt witenn menn inoȝhe. c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Royal) (1981) l. 237 Ah wordes þu hauest inohe. c1330 Seven Sages (Auch.) (1933) l. 787 He kest þe bor doun hawes anowe. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 4563 In a medow sliht, Floures and gress i-now i fand. c1450 in F. J. Furnivall Hymns to Virgin & Christ (1867) 76 God haþ mercies y-now in stoore For a þousand worldis. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ii. vii. (vi.) 23 I than, by cleir takynnis anew, Manifestlie all the Greikis falsheid knew. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. xxxix. 10 They shall haue weapens ynew to burne. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. K4 He would be sure to name windes enovve. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xx. 24 His mere looks threw darts enow t'impress Their pow'rs with trembling. 1628 R. Sanderson Two Serm. Paules-Crosse i. 68 The Diuell will bee sure to suggest enow of these pretensions. 1670 J. Bryan Dwelling with God i. 7 This is accounted a great commodity, of a House to have Roomes enow, and Room enough. a1719 J. Addison Dialogues Medals in Wks. (1721) I. i. 444 I think there are at Rome enow modern works of Architecture to employ any reasonable man. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. ii. 334 Had I run Opera-mad..or Election-mad I might have found companions enow to keep me in countenance. 1828 H. Steuart Planter's Guide 253 Accidents enow will happen, without aggravating them by carelessness. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xii. 161 You must do something to get your own dinner; there's not praties enow for the whole of ye. a1835 J. Grant Tales of Glens (1869) 57 Willawins! gin't waur permittet they micht get sichts enow, and sichts 'at wad gar their een reel, and their head turn. 1858 ‘G. Eliot’ Amos Barton vii. in Scenes Clerical Life I. 31/2 As if there wasn't children enoo to wash, wi'out washin' dogs. 1868 G. MacDonald Eng. Antiphon 210 Without yet having generated thoughts enow concerning the subject itself. 1928 Aberdeen Book-lover 6 i. 13 An' there's orders enew for the pans an' the pails. b. In predicative use. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1561 G. Gilby in G. Gilby tr. Cicero Epistle To Rdr. sig. A.iii Officers are enowe and wel prouided for in all places but these officers vnderstand not their office and duty. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. ii. 25 'Tis positiue against all exceptions..That..our Pesants..were enow To purge this field of such a hilding Foe. 1647 T. May Hist. Parl. Pref. sig. B Any English man, whose yeares have been enow to make him know the Actions that were done. 1760 L. Sterne Serm. Yorick (1773) IV. 31 As if the causes of anguish in the heart were not enow. 1796 C. Marshall Introd. Knowl. & Pract. Gardening xii. 197 Three or four [cf. fruits], on a long and strong branch are quite enow. 1825 W. Scott Talisman vi, in Tales Crusaders IV. 116 Those charges, which there are enow to press him with in his absence. 2. With singular agreement. †a. In predicative use: = enough adj. 2. Obsolete. ΚΠ ?c1250 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Egerton) l. 385 in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 183 Crist scal one beon inou alle his durlinges. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 2485 (MED) Thogh nomore he fiele, Bot that sche hath a litel hiele, It is ynow that he therfore Hire love. 1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. v. sig. H4 Thats enow a conscience. 1673 J. Hill Interest of United Provinces sig. L^v The Interest of Holland..reckons the sum of that Province alone 2400000. But if there be so many in them all, it is enow. 1814 Ld. Byron Lara i. xxviii. 606 It was enow To seal his lip, but agonise his brow. 1869 H. L. Twisleton Poems Craven Dial. (ed. 2) 67 Heavy guns wi' clattering gear Ower gutters deep did rattle; 'Twos quite enow to mack yan sweear. 1883 19th Cent. Oct. 602 Ridin' in a dickey cart's enow for him and me. b. attributive with (and usually following) a singular mass noun. = enough adj. 1a.In quot. OE showing agreement with a feminine noun in the accusative singular. See discussion in etymology.In quots. 1958, 1995 after FitzGerald's use in quot. 1859, all with count nouns treated as mass. ΚΠ OE Lacnunga (2001) I. lxiii. 32 Gif ðu næbbe buteran genoge,..mængc oðre wið.] c1300 St. Kenelm (Harl.) l. 235 in F. J. Furnivall Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 54 Ho so hadde suche kyn ynowe, he nere noȝt to bymene Þeȝ his larder were neȝ ido. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 7981 Þe king & Roberd..wiþ gret ost & strengþe inou to engelond come. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 2443 (MED) Betwyx him [Abraham] and loth his neuow Of bestaile hade þei plente enow. 1471 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 565 I haue hey j-now of myn owne. 1658 Earl of Monmouth tr. P. Paruta Hist. Venice ii. i. 44 The Governour..gave the Islanders timely notice of the Enemies approach by shooting off of Guns, so as they might get time enow to get within the Town. 1685 S. Wesley Maggots (new ed.) 151 'Tis reason enow if it fills up the Verse. 1797 A. M. Bennett Beggar Girl IV. iv. 102 Don't vex yourself aboot me, mamma; I warrant I've stuff enow aboot me to teak care of myself. 1859 E. FitzGerald tr. Rubáiyát Omar Khayyám xi. 3 Here with..A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse—and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness—And Wilderness is Paradise enow! 1928 J. G. Horne Lan'wart Loon 14 The day was mair nor hafflins thro', But Tammy thocht he'd time enoo. 1958 E. Birney Turvey iv. 31 A mass fear of expulsion from what, compared to the Basic Training routine, was paradise enow. 1995 Irish Times (Nexis) 27 Feb. (Weather Eye section) 2 In Metutopia the harassed commuter, the shopper and the children on their way to school would all have the benefit of..non polluting electric transportation. That indeed were Metutopia enow! 3. = enough adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > [adverb] > well-cooked enoughOE enowa1382 (roasted, done, etc.) to a turn1686 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Deut. xvi. 7 Þou shalt Make yt ynow [a1425 Corpus Oxf. ynowȝ; a1425 L.V. sethe; L. coques] & eete in þe place þat þe lord..cheseþ. c1400 Utilis Coquinario in C. B. Hieatt & S. Butler Curye on Inglysch (1985) 83 Tak partriches & pyes..& roste hem þat þey be half ynow. a1450 in T. Austin Two 15th-cent. Cookery-bks. (1888) 14 (MED) Take Conynge, Hen, or Mawlard, and roste hem alle-most y-now. B. pron. 1. Enough people; (also) a large number of people. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > enough persons enowc1175 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 384 Mann maȝȝ findenn..Bitwenenn uss inoȝhe..Þatt mann hemm hallt forr gode menn. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 5459 (MED) Heye & lowe þer were aslawe in eyþer alf ynowe. c1390 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 155 (MED) Þe while þat þou ledest þi lyf in ese..Þe fyndest I-nouwe þat wol þe plese. c1450 King Ponthus (Digby) in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1897) 12 41 (MED) It was not long bot of Bretane and of othre contres ther come enwe. 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique iii. f. 97 There are enow that will testifie of his naughtinesse, and auouche his euill demeanour. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. D8 There are inow, and more than a good meanie. 1646 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple 86 There are enow whose draughts as deep as hell, Drinke up all Spaine in Sack. 1669 T. Shadwell Royal Shepherdess i. i Thou wilt surely have Enow to court thee. a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) v. 144 Enow there are on earth to take in charge Their Wives, their Children, and their virgin Loves. 1984 C. Kightly Country Voices v. 126 There was nine or ten men on most farms, and they'd mow the barley: they had enow on the farm to do it, they didn't hev no hired men about here. 2. = enough pron. and n. 1. †to have enow to do: = to have enough to do at enough adj., pron., n., and adv. Phrases 1 (obsolete). ΚΠ in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 55 (MED) Knoweþ ȝour freend fro ȝour foo, haueth y-now & seith hoo! a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 27601 Inow no mai man find o þaa. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Manciple's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 66 Than shal we alle haue ynow to doone In liftynge vp his heuy dronken cors. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 40 As for kynge Royens, he hath ynow ado with kynge Lodegreauns, for he hath leyde sege unto hym. 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) ii. lvii. 56 Ynowe to doo for many a day herafter. a1500 Sir Degrevant (Cambr.) (1949) l. 1040 Whedur he wol tornay or fyȝth, He shal haue inow. 1599 S. Daniel Let. from Octavia li. sig. D2^v, in Poet. Ess. I know t'haue said too much, but not ynow. 1766 D. Hume Let. 11 Feb. (1932) II. 13 You have seen in the News papers enow of Particulars concerning my Pupil, who has now left me. 1821 J. Clare Let. 8 July (1985) 203 You shall have..enew..to make two more such [volumes]. 1891 ‘H. Haliburton’ Ochil Idylls 18 Blink on the banks where I was born, And that's eneu' for me. 1935 A. W. Boyd Country Diary Cheshire Man (1946) 98 A neighbour told me an old Cheshire rhyme:..‘A pianet's a foo; A stick or two's enoo’. A ‘pianet’ is a magpie, whose bulky domed nest the wood-pigeon is supposed to regard with scorn. 1980 L. A. M. Simpson Coll. Poems (1988) 307 Enow o' thy clatter. I never seen a rip as th'art. Shall y'ave your dinner warmed? 2014 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 30 Dec. 18 It's enow tae stairt me stoap believin, In you, yer reindeers, elves an toys. C. adv.¹ = enough adv. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] enougheOE well enoughOE enowc1300 fairc1300 suffisantlya1340 enoughly1340 meeta1350 sufficientlyc1380 duly1393 competentlyc1440 sufficient1509 'nougha1618 adequately1639 nuff1778 sufficingly1821 c1300 Life & Martyrdom Thomas Becket (Harl. 2277) (1845) l. 2096 Honurede that holi bodi and custe hit ynowe. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 100 Þanne was þe best bliþe i-nov for þe barnes sake. c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1879) l. 893 To make myn wounde large I-now I gesse. a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) i. ii. sig. A.iiij Bee of good cheere, anon ye shall doe well ynow. 1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. I2^v Make vp once more with me the twentith part Of those that liue, are men inow to quaile, The feeble handfull on the aduerse part. 1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads xiii. 271 Or if you had been hurt 'tis sure enow, Nor in your back nor neck had been the wound. 1732 H. Baker & J. Miller tr. Molière Doctor & No Doctor iii. 107 in Sel. Comedies II Ah, sir! I'se know well enow that a deserves all those Naimes. 1796 W. Burke Adela Northington II. xxxiii. 87 Well, God be we' ye Miss, you're a clever girl, good enow for the parson himself. 1814 R. Southey Tale of Paraguay i. 19 A few firm stakes..Circling a narrow space, yet large enow. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 235 Bright enow With gold and gems. 1905 A. C. Swinburne Poems III. 134 For all my subtle wiles, perdie, God wot I loved him well enow. 1980 F. Dobson Fungus 36 Sure enew, as they come into a little clearin', ther' was two o' the gang o' wildcats gethered theer, as was 'evvin' a reight owd set-to. 1999 I. Lawrence Smugglers (2003) 31 He invited us to share his table. ‘If ye think it's good enow for men o' London,’ said he. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). enowadv.² /ɪˈnaʊ/ Etymology: ? Short for e'en (= even) now. (But compare German im nu, Swedish i detta nu.) dialect. Just now (Scottish); by and by; presently. ΚΠ 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. ix. 237 We canna howk for't enow. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 53 I will come enow. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.pron.adv.¹OEadv.²1816
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