13 June 2016
enow
[ih-nou; formerly ih-noh]
adjective, adverb, Archaic.
1. enough.
Origin of enow
Middle English, Old English
1050, before 1050; Middle English inow, Old English genōg (variant of genōh enough ), conflated with Middle English inowe, Old English genōge, plural of genōg enough
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Examples from the Web for enow
Historical Examples
There are armed men enow to countervail all your efforts at escape.
The Monastery
Sir Walter Scott
I tolde him it was, but knew nought of ye distich, though ’twas like enow to be his.
Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Vol. III, No. XVII, October 1851
Various
“ enow for any Christian woman, Niece, and at the least ten too many,” said Rachel severely.
Clare Avery
Emily Sarah Holt
Line 29, our text misreads ‘now:’ we restore ‘ enow,’ after the editions as in No. 9.
The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2)
Richard Crashaw
Anagram
on we
Today’s quote
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
– William Butler Yeats
On this day
13 June 1381 – The Peasants Revolt (a brief rebellion against poll tax), led by Wat Tyler, culminates in the burning down of the Savoy Palace in London.
13 June 1525 – Martin Luther, a German monk and Catholic priest, marries a nun, Katharina von Bora, which violated the rule of celibacy decreed by the Roman Catholic church for priests and nuns. The couple went on to have six children together.
13 June 1865 – birth of William Butler Yeats (W.B. Yeats), Irish poet, Nobel Prize laureate. One of the foremost literary figures of the 20th century. He served as an Irish senator for two terms. He led the Irish Literary Revival. In 1921 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for ‘inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation‘. Died 28 January 1939.
13 June 1927 – birth of Slim Dusty AO, MBE, Australian country music singer, song-writer and producer. He was born as David Gordon Kirkpatrick and adopted the name of Slim Dusty at 11 years of age. He released his first record when he was 18. In 1957, he released ‘The Pub With No Beer‘, which became the biggest selling Australian song to that time, and the first Australian single to go gold. He won 36 Golden Guitar Awards at the Tamworth Country Music Festival. In 2000, he recorded his 100th album, ‘Looking Forward, Looking Back‘. He is the only artist in the world to have recorded 100 albums with the same record label (EMI). Died 19 September 2003.
13 June 1944 – Germany launches 10 of its new rockets, known as the V1 (also called a doodlebug or buzz bomb). The V1s were pilot-less, pulse-jet-propelled rockets with a one ton payload with a 500km range. The Germans rained V1s over London. The V1 was an early version of the Cruise Missile.