enquere

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Middle English

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Verb

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enquere

  1. enquire, inquire
    • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Miller's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 3165-3166:
      ‘So he may finde goddes foyson there,
      Of the remenant nedeth nat enquere.’
      ‘So long as he can find God's plenty there,
      Of the rest he needs not enquire.’
    • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Wife of Bath's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 315-316:
      [...] That oon thou shalt forgo, maugree thyne yën;
      What nedeth thee of me to enquere or spyën?
      [...] One of them thou must give up, despite anything you can do;
      What helps it to inquire about me or spy?

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