Middle English Dictionary Entry
trepanen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | trepanen v. |
| Etymology | ML trapanāre, perh. influenced by ME trepane n.; cp. OF trepaner. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. crepanen v.
1.
Surg. To bore small holes in the skull; also, bore holes in (the skull) with a trepan.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)133/7 : Whanne I remeue a boon wiþ instrumentis of þe brayn panne, þanne I stoppe þe sijk mannes eeris, þat he mowe not heere þe soun of þe yren þat trepaniþ.
- ?a1450 Lanfranc (Add 12056)127/25 : Þis schal ben þe forme of a trepane, with þe whiche þe brayn scolle schal be trepaned [L trapanantur].