and with advb. gen. suffix -es enentes, prep. Obs. Forms: α. 4 enent. β. 4 enentes, -is, 6 enens. [var. ff. ANENT.] In various senses of ANENT: e.g., in the eyes or opinion of = ANENT 6; opposite = ANENT 7; towards; in favor of = ANENT 9; as regards = ANENT 10.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 6880 (Gött.). Als enent þis moyses. Ibid., 10858 (Cott.). Þou has enent vr lauerd spedd. Ibid., 14459. Enentis þe Iuus al was for noght. Ibid., 14878. All for noght enent him stode. Ibid., 25312. Þou hald wreth enents þi broiþer.
a. 1400–50. Alexander, 3245. Suld neuir na gome be to glade … Of his neȝbour noy enentis him-selfe.
1516. Will Rd. Peke of Whd. 4 June, Even enens my stall.
