ayenbite

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the roots of again + bite, a Middle English calque of Latin remordeo (“I cause remorse, literally 'I bite back'”).

Noun

ayenbite (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) remorse

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