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- (in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
Old English esne “domestic slave,” from Proto-Germanic *asnjoz- “harvestman” (cf. Gothic asneis), from *asanoz- “harvest” (see earn).
esne
Old English esne “domestic slave,” from Proto-Germanic *asnjoz- “harvestman” (cf. Gothic asneis), from *asanoz- “harvest” (see earn).