Middle English Dictionary Entry
ankeren v.
Entry Info
| Forms | ankeren v. Also ancren, anchoren. |
| Etymology | OF ancrer & ML anc(h)orāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To moor or anchor (a boat or float); also fig.; (b) to join closely, as by dove-tail.
Associated quotations
a
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)39a : For þi is ancre ancre icleopet & under chirche iancret.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)1473 : But better is, to voiden al myschevys, Ha skafys smale, and hem togedir trymme With coorde alonge..And anchore it.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)3b : To Ankir: Ancoriare.
- a1500 Conq.Irel.(Rwl B.490)13/8 : And oo shippe..lay y-ancred in the Havyn.
b
- (1425) Paston2.19 : Weel bedded stonys that shuld ryse but a fote in the walle and ben ankered iche of hem with other.