esne

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Old English esne, from Proto-West Germanic *asnī, from Proto-Germanic *asnijaz (“day labourer, hireling”), from Proto-Germanic *asniz, *asunz (“reward”), from Proto-Indo-European *os(e)n-, *es(e)n- (“summer, harvest, harvest-time”). Related to Old English earnian (“to labor for, strive after, deserve as the reward of labor, merit, earn, win”). More at earn. === Noun === esne (plural esnes) (Anglo-Saxon, historical) A hireling of servile status; slave. === See also === theow === Anagrams === seen, sene, Sene, snee, eens, Nees == Basque == === Etymology === Probably from Proto-Basque *ezene. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /es̺ne/ [ez̺.ne] Rhymes: -es̺ne, -e Hyphenation: es‧ne === Noun === esne inan milk ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “esne”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language] “esne”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005 == Hungarian == === Etymology === esik +‎ -ne (personal suffix) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɛʃnɛ] Hyphenation: es‧ne === Verb === esne third-person singular conditional present indefinite of esik == Latin == === Etymology === From es (“are”), 2nd person singular of sum (“to be”) +‎ -ne (“focusing enclitic particle of polar questions”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɛs.nɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛz.ne] === Verb === esne second-person singular present active indicative of sumne (“are you [or are you not]?”) ==== Usage notes ==== Used to ask yes-no, polar questions related to existence or being, e.g. Esne senātor? (Are you a senator?) == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *asnī, from Proto-Germanic *asunz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈes.ne/, [ˈez.ne] === Noun === esne m a man of the servile class; a servant Laws of Hlothhere and Eadric ==== Declension ==== Strong ja-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: esne → English: esne