To renew or make new again; an archaic or rare variant meaning to restore to a previous state.
From Old French 'ennuir' or 'ennoier', possibly combining 'en-' (in, into) + 'new'. This is an extremely rare word in English with uncertain etymology, possibly influenced by Old Norse or other Germanic sources during the Middle English period.
This word is so obscure that it barely appears in modern English texts—it's essentially a ghost word that linguists find in Middle English manuscripts but nowhere else. It's a reminder that not all medieval words survived into modern English, and some simply vanished from use.
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