Middle English Dictionary Entry
entrīken v.
Entry Info
| Forms | entrīken v. Also intriken, entrigen. |
| Etymology | L intrīcāre; OF entriqué. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To entangle, ensnare, or entrap (a person, the heart, the world, etc.); hence, to involve in perplexity, embarrass; mislead, deceive, beguile;-- (a) with obj.; (b) refl.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.3042 : Morpheus..fulofte entriketh The lif which slepe schal be nyhte.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.2340 : To werre..Wherof that he the world entriketh.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.3298 : I se Somwhat in swevene of that me liketh, Which afterward min herte entriketh Whan that I finde it otherwise.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.1577 : The word this worldes cause entriketh, And reconsileth whan him liketh.
- a1425 Wycl.MCh.(Bod 788)421 : To dispence and assoile men of synnes, þat ben entrikid wiþ sich ritis.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)262 : Intrykyn, or snarlyn: Intrico, illaqueo.
- c1440 ?Lydg.Charters (Add 14848)219 : That no man make interrupcioun..tentryke ther fredam be fals collusioun.
- ?a1450(1422) Lydg.SD (McC 182)57/34 : With a clene concience and entrikied with none entente of Iuell menynge.
- c1460 Swete and benyngne (NC 320)41 : Louely lady, þi servauntes trew, Entrikid wiþ passiouns wylde, In tyme of nede socour and shilde.
- a1475 Rev.St.Bridget(3) (Gar 145)84/26 : Mony..ar entriked with mony grete synnes.
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)42/4 : No þinge so defouliþ and intrikiþ mannes herte as impure loue in creatures.
b
- ?c1450(?a1400) Wycl.Clergy HP (Lamb 551)393 : No man berynge his knyȝthode to god entrike hym wiþ seculer nedis.
2.
To combine artfully; to impregnate (with deceit).
Associated quotations
- (1402) Topias (Dgb 41)55 : Ȝour haburjons that ȝe han upon ben cauteles and sleiȝtes, ech intrikid in other, to snarre symple soules.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)2892 : He hath pronounced in the Parlement his Cleer conceyte in verray sikernesse, Nat entryked with no doublenesse.
3.
To enwrap or imbed (something).
Associated quotations
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)144/18 : If þe arowe heed were entriged in ony priuy place of þe face, so þat it myȝte not be seen.
- a1450 MS Sln.2463 in EETS 102 (Sln 2463)231 : If þe glandule or the scrofule be intrikes [?read: intriked; Ashm: closid; L intricata] with veynes, arteries oþer synewes.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)119b/a : Ȝif þe glandule oþer þe scrofule be intriked with veines, arteries, oþer sinewes so þat þei cleue oþer be faste knitte to hem for no þing þu schalt neiȝe hem neiþer wiþ iren neiþer wiþ non oþer corrosive medicyne.
Note: Supplementary material for sense 3.--per SMK
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)91/39 : Anoþer herbe þat..ys entrikyd..If þou take seuen graynes of þat seed..and gyf hem to hym to ete or drynke..alle his lyf he shall be obeysant to þe.
Note: Quot. belongs to sense 2.
Note: Gloss: To endow (sth.) with magic properties.
Note: The existing glosses in sense 2. need revision: in fig. context: to interweave (deceits and trickery) artfully, combine; to imbue (sth. with deceit), tinge.--per MLL
Note: The list of variant spellings in the form section may be incomplete and / or may need revision to accord with standards of later volumes of the MED.--per MLL