Middle English Dictionary Entry
scarren v.
Entry Info
| Forms | scarren v. |
| Etymology | ?From ML scarnāre or AF escarner, var. of OF escharner; ?= ME scēren v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To cut (sth.).
Associated quotations
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)233/12 : If þe mater be hard & þe enpostym be hangynge & be fro veynes & arterijs, þan kutte þe skyn endelongis aboue, & be war þat þou touche not þe bagge þat bocium sittiþ þeron, & scarre [L scarna] it al abouteforþ & drawe him out with al his skyn.