eines1 (1121-25)
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eines1 (1121-25)

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  FEW: ∅ Gdf:  ennainnes 3,206a GdfC: ∅ TL: aine 1,244 DEAF:  eines  / enaines  DMF:  aine 2  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
aines  

The word is presumably derived from Classical Latin agina (Lewis and Short: 'the opening in the upper part of a balance, in which the tongue moves').

s.pl.

en eines
1 in mid-air, floating in the air: 
( s.xiii; MS: c.1300 ) Puis vit i =in a vision viel homme chenu, ne mie de grant estature, monter de la bessece de la terre par veable aleure tout en aines vers la Croiz  5153
2straighway, immediately, without delay (?) (cf. aneire): 
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Eschivre dais en aines  (ed. enaines), Blaunches paroles e vaines Plaines de boidie (Latin: Sermones blandos blesosque cavere memento)  645
estre en, es eines
1to be in suspension: 
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Niule vent de muistes aleines, Ke od terre e ewe sunt es eines  1770
♦fig.to be in suspense, at a loss: 
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  Li reis se effreie un poi de l’ire, En eines est, ne set ke dire  3048
pendre en eines
1to hang suspended: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Dreit a l'entrer pent uns glavies [...]. En aines pent, e turniet  1711
( 1165-80?; MS: s.xiiiin )  Dunc se lieve li veilz (=veil covering face of statue) amunt, E pent, ke ne seivent par unt. Ultre l’ymage en eines pent  296.153
♦(of heart) to stand still (in anticipation, ambivalence, etc.) : 
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  Sis quers asez en eines (var. (D: s.xivm) meschief) pent (var. (B: s.xivin) prent), Mut dute le turneiement  3605
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  Sis quers tressaut, en eines fu Kar ben set ke il orrat nuveles, Mes ne set quels  7658
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