A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Enha(u)nse, v. [ME. enhanse, -haunse, etc. (14th c.), AF. enhauncer. The sense is not otherwise recorded.] tr. To appropriate. —1666 Misc. Hist. Soc. II. 350.
They would never in any age allow bishops the liberty of enhaunsing the goods of the Church 1676 S. Leith Rec. 135.
Robert Craig, staffman, for enhansing to himself the poor money … is referred to the thesaurer to be examined theranent
