Obs. Forms: 4 ensoyne, -soygne, -soyngne, 5 ensoigne. [a. OF. ensoigne, var. of essoigne: see ESSOIN.]
1. Excuse, delay: only in phr. without ensoigne.
c. 1325. Coer de L., 1467. Forth they wente, withouten ensoyne.
c. 1380. Sir Ferumb., 945. So þat euerech with-oute ensoygne haþ a-slawe his. Ibid., 2827. And Gy Answerede wiþ-oute ensoyngne as he him stod afforn.
2. Embarrassment, inconvenience.
1475. Caxton, Jason, 42. Certes the sekeness is of grete ensoigne and payne.
