v. Obs. Also 4–5 englayme, (4 glym), 5 yngleym. [f. EN-1 + GLEIM slime.]
1. trans. To make slimy, clammy or sticky; to set fast with slime. Also, to clog, choke, surfeit (the stomach).
1377. Langl., P. Pl., B. XV. 56. The man that moche hony eteth · his mawe it engleymeth.
1387. Trevisa, Higden (Rolls), V. 253. Wiþ aer infecte and engleymed [Lat. aere corrupto]. Ibid. (1398), Barth. De P. R., VII. xlix. (1495), 261. Ache and tourment that comyth of humours engleymed in the guttes.
a. 1400[?]. Morte Arth., 1131. Þe guttez and the gorre … Þat alle englaymez þe gresse, one grounde þer he standez!
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 198. Gleymyn, or yngleymyn, visco, invisco.
2. fig. To set fast, as in slime, or as a bird with birdlime; to entangle, ensnare. Const. in, with.
a. 1340. Hampole, Psalter xliii. 27. Clemyd [S. englymede] is in erthe oure wambe.
1340–70. Alex. & Dind., 676. Englaymed was in glotenye · & glad to be drounke.
c. 1380. Wyclif, Sel. Wks., III. 150. Þese prestis and þese clerkis … ben most engleymed [wiþ coveteise].
c. 1440. Hylton, Scala Perf. (W. de W., 1494), I. xliii. Yf thy herte be taken & engleymed with a veyne luste.
c. 1470. Harding, Chron., liv. ii. The Barons were so with gold englaymed.
3. intr. To settle, to stick.
c. 1420. Pallad. on Husb., I. 692. That noon offes white Englayme uppon the rootes of her tonnge.
Hence Engleimed ppl. a. of the tongue: Furred.
1493. Festivall (W. de W., 1515), 16 b. His tongue engleymed and his nose blacke [etc.].
