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bastard eigne
[ eyn ]
noun
, Old English Law.
- the firstborn illegitimate son of parents whose second son was legitimate.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bastard eigne1
First recorded in 1580–90; eigne, from Anglo-French: “elder,” Old French ainsné ( ainz “before,” from unattested Vulgar Latin antius, for Latin anteā + né “born”); né )
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