Middle English Dictionary Entry
encornen v.
Entry Info
Forms | encornen v. |
Etymology | OF encorner. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Hunt. To lay a deer on its back so that the head rests on the horns.
Associated quotations
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)99 : Oon of þe beerners shuld encore [read: encorne] hym, þt is to say, turne his hornes to þe erþward and þe þrote vpward.