Esne
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Esne is a noun meaning (Anglo-Saxon, historical) A hireling of servile status; slave.
Meaning
(Anglo-Saxon, historical) A hireling of servile status; slave.
Example Sentences
[…] insist that in the event of the death of an esne his full value had to be paid.
To an esne, therefore, I refer the entry in Doomsday-book, that at Chester, if a male or female slave shall do any […]
[…] of British extraction captured or purchased, — or of the common German stock descended from the slaves of the first colonists: the esne or slave who works for hire; […]
Word Forms
- esnes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include serf, leud, slave, landsknecht, lansknecht, gafolgelder.
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