Middle English Dictionary Entry
snāren v.
Entry Info
| Forms | snāren v. Also snare, snarre, (error) sniar. |
| Etymology | From snāre n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To ensnare (sb. or sth.); -- usu. fig.: catch (sb.) by a plot or stratagem; bring (sb.) into a moral snare; (b) surg. to tie off (a vein or an artery) using a loop with a running knot.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Is.28.13 : The word of the Lord schal be to hem, 'Sende thou..abide thou..' that thei go and falle backward and be al to-brokun and be snarid [WB(1): be..gnared; L illaqueentur] and be takun.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)56a/b : Retio: to netten or snare [Pep: sniar].
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)461 : Snaryn, or snarlyn: Illaqueo.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)461 : Snaryd, or snarlyd: Illaqueatus, laqueatus.
- a1450(?1419-20) Topias (Dgb 41)79/189 : Ȝour haburions þat ȝe han vpon ben cauteles & sleiȝtes, Ech intrikid in oþer, to snarre symple soules.
- a1450 St.Kath.(3) (Richardson 44)31 : Þou woldest wyth þy venoms sotyltees snare vs.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)6.27 : That he..myȝhte snare the peple in moore suerte, he ordeynede..a statute by whiche he knowede to please the concupiscence of man.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)1.2.3b : No pilgryme may a schape þat he shal be snared in my trappe.
- a1500 *Medulla (Cnt D.2)133b/2 : Trico: to trappe or to snare.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)64b/b : If forsoþ þer be deperdicioun of substaunce in þe wondyng y-made ouþer after þe fallyng of escare in cauteriez or when it is laqueate, i. snared, we vse alwise farmaciez.