adv. Obs. Forms: 2–3 ænes, enes, Orm. æness, (3–5 ens, 3 eanes,) 4–5 enis, -us, -ys). [Early ME. ænes, enes, var. of OE. ánes once, assimilated to ǽne, ENE.]
1. Once, on one occasion.
1154. O. E. Chron., an. 1120. Ðises ʓeares com þet leoht to Sepulchrum Domini innan Jerusalem twiʓes, ænes to Eastron and oðre siðe to Assumptio sancte Marie.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 37. Uwilc mon scal beon twiȝen awesscen of his sunne, enes et þam fulhtbeda … oðer siðe … et soð scrifte.
a. 1200. Moral Ode, 93, in E. E. P., 28. Enes drihte helle brac.
c. 1200. Ormin, 1078. Þatt wass aȝȝ æness o þe ȝer.
1426. Audelay, Poems (1844), 43. At the lest enus a ȝere.
c. 1460. Towneley Myst., 187. I pray the that thou wold kys me enys.
2. At any one time, either past, present or future; esp. to mark the completion of an action; at some time or other, formerly; once upon a time.
c. 1205. Lay., 29325. Ænes an ane tide an cniht þer com ride.
c. 1230. Hali Meid., 11. Meidenhad is tresor þat beo hit eanes forloren ne beð hit neauer ifunden.
a. 1300. Cursor M. (Cott.), 10699. Vou þat es ens mad rightwis to brek aght naman þat es wis.
c. 1308. Pol. Songs (Camden Soc.), 203. Be the soule enis ute, A vilir caraing nis ther non.
c. 1340. Cursor M. (Fairf.), 3631. For ware he þar-of enys fedde … his benysoun walde he him gife.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, 873. Þat I may see thee come sounde to þis sale enys.
1483. Caxton, G. de la Tour, Prol. 2. The woman that enis he hathe truli loued.
1542. Boorde, Introd. Knowl., xxxiii. 2. I was born in Bion; ens English I was.
3. At enes, at one and the same time; AT ONCE 3.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 420. Ne ne nime, et enes, to ueole disceplines.
