1intelligent, wise, clever:
(
1155;
MS: s.xiii4/4
)
Artur fu forment airus E merveilles fu engiegnus
Brut WACE 11530
(
s.xii3/3;
MS: s.xiiim
)
Engignus fud, suspire e gent Pur ses pechez dunt il se crent
S Gile1 2345
(
1190-1210;
MS: c.1300
)
Icil [...] sunt mult preuz e mult combatant E enginnus e mult vallant
Waldef BB 6026
♦
cunning, sly, wily:
(
1155;
MS: s.xiii4/4
)
Eappas fu mult enginnus E de l'argent fu coveitus. [...] E cume muines revestuz, Od cuntenance munial, Est alez a la curt real
Brut WACE 8251
(
s.xii3/4;
MS: s.xiv2
)
Le roy fut enginus; prent soy a purpenser En quele manere il [i] purra entrer
Rom Chev ANTS 2234
(
1165-80?;
MS: s.xiiiin
)
Un felun, un diable vif. Endiablé
(ed. En Diable) (Latin: nefandissimus) esteit venimus, De l’art al diable engignus
ADGAR3 171.170
(
c.1200;
MS: s.xivin
)
Mes deables est mut enginius
S Osith 1303
2underhand, deceitful:
(
1330
)
la ou le dit J. savoit la mort le roi Edward, nepurquant le dit J. par enginouse manere [...] fist le dit counte entendre la vie le roi
Rot Parl1 ii 53
3 false, dummy:
(
1271-72;
MS: s.xiii4/4
)
Des armes de fust ou de seetes enginouses
(Latin: sagittisque lusoriis)
vegetius2 18.5
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