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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1617
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Ineuch, Inewch(e, adj., n., and adv. Also: inuch, ynuch, yneuch(e, in-, yneugh(e, inewgh; inoch, inouch, ynouch, ynoughe; inucht, in-, yneucht, in-, ynewcht; inuch, inucht, inwch. [Var. of Eneuch, with normal i or y for OE. ᵹe-, as in ME. inoh, inogh, ynugh, in-, ynough.]
1. adj. Sufficient in quantity.a1400 Legends of the Saints xxviii. 70.
A man [that] had gud inuch, Sic as men wynnis of erd & pleucha1400 Ib. xxxiv. 257.
Haf I nocht ryches gewine thé And glore inuch a1400 Ib. l. 502.
Schame inucht had he 14.. Acts I. 30/2.
Sorow and hevines has he ineuch foroutyn mar 1456 Hay I. 56/3.
Thay had gold and silver yneuche a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xxii. 52.
If hir grace givis pitie place ineugh 1609 Gardyne Garden 23.
The first I think … Yneugh for me, and a fit argument
2. absol. as noun. A sufficiency.a1400 Legends of the Saints xix. 453.
He suld gyf thame ineucht of gude, Quhareof to by thame clathe and fudea1400 Ib. xxvi. 248.
That thai twa ȝere had of that quhet Ynuch til sed & til ete1456 Hay II. 153/26.
Tak sik thing as I have as your awin, for I haue ynouch c1460 Wisdom of Solomon 620.
He … thinkis that he has neuir yneuch of it c1460 Thewis Wysmen 88.
The wysman wenis he wantis ay wit Suppos he have ineuch of it c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace i. 446.
Quhen thow wantts gud, cum fech ynewch fra me c1475 Ib. ix. 1222.
Off meit and drynk thai had inewch to spend 1531 Bell. Boece II. 304.
Now it is inouch to confes, all thing … is dettit to yow 1533 Id. Livy I. 201/7.
Beleving the pepill to haue yneuch and oure mekill of wilfull furie c1552 Lynd. Mon. 1242.
Quhilk gif I wald at lenth declair It wer yneuch to fyill the air
3. adv. Sufficiently, adequately.1375 Barb. i. 286.
Hys land, that is fayr inewch, Thai the Lord off Clyffurd gave 1375 Ib. 627.
The King thocht he wes traist inewch a1400 Legends of the Saints xix. 195.
Sene thu art a mekil man, & wicht inewcht a1400 Ib. xxix. 324.
Of this he wes nocht content Inucht a1400 Ib. xxxiii. 940.
Sa stythly innuch can thai fichta1400 Ib. xxxix. 360.
Ȝet his flesche Is caloure inucht & als fres c1420 Wynt. viii. 2849.
The kyng thowcht he wes trayst inwch, Syn be in borch his landis drwcha1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 446.
The grewhound … lay to rest him wery yneuch c1515 Asloan MS I. 261/9.
This Alexr was gud to haly kirk … and terrible yneucht till his subiectis 1531 Bell. Boece I. 118.
It was sufficient ineuch to Romanis to have the confiderat kingis as thair freindis 15.. Clariodus i. 1492.
Naught may my wits all inewgh suffais ȝour Ladyschipe to thanke 1558-66 Knox I. 48.
He understood weall ynewcht, that he smelled of the new doctrin 1570 Misc. Bann. C. I. 40.
He kennis weill ynoughe wherat he wald be 1604 Dundonald Par. Rec. 58.
His ky being veill ineuch befor that 1608 Breadalbane Lett. (Reg. H.) 24 March.
Ȝour sone Robert knawis me weil yneughe 1617 Misc. Hist. Soc. II. 253.
You four ar voyse inoch
