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enurny

enurny adjective: charged with animals.

Adjective

enurny (not comparable)

  1. Charged with animals.
    • He beareth Argent, a bordure quarterly, as followeth: The first Gules, enurny of three Lioncels passant guardant, Or. The second, Azure, verdoy, of as many Flowers de Lis, Or. The third as the fecond : The fourth as the first.1638, John Guillim, A Display of Heraldrie, page 32

Noun

enurny

  1. A bordure charged with animals; a charge or set of animals.
    • YONGE, V. charged with an enurny of eight lions and Az. three griffins pass. in pale arg.1874, John Woody Papworth, An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland: Forming an Extensive Ordinary of British Armorials; Upon an Entirely New...
    • […] interlaced with an enurny of lions passant of the second.1883, Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, page 432

Forms of enurny

alternative formenurney

Origin of enurny

From Anglo-Norman enorné, enourné, variant forms of aurné, aourné, from aurner (“to adorn, decorate, endow”); compare anorn, enorn from the same nasal variants.

Questions about enurny

What does enurny mean?
Enurny means charged with animals.
What part of speech is enurny?
Enurny can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near enurny in the dictionary

  1. enurn
  2. enurned
  3. enurney
  4. enurning
  5. enurns
  6. enurny
  7. Enus
  8. env
  9. Env't
  10. envacuolated
  11. envaginated

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