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Definition of Esloyne
1. eloin [v ESLOYNED, ESLOYNING, ESLOYNES] - See also: eloin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Esloyne
Literary usage of Esloyne
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1870)
"... thrice our hounds were at default, and then we cried— ‘A slain' [Qy. esloyne,
straight]. ‘So, ho'; through good reclaiming my faulty hounds found their ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1893)
"Scarce could he once uphold his heavy head, To looken whether it were night or day.
From worldly cares himself he did esloyne,1 And greatly shunned manly ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1870)
"... thrice our hounds were at default, and then we cried— ‘A slain' [Qy. esloyne,
straight]. ‘So, ho'; through good reclaiming my faulty hounds found their ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1893)
"Scarce could he once uphold his heavy head, To looken whether it were night or day.
From worldly cares himself he did esloyne,1 And greatly shunned manly ..."
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