To strain (sth.). …

(a) To frighten (sb.), terrify; ppl. skered, frightened; also, alarmed, startled [quot.: c1400]; skered with, frightened by (sth.); (b) to become alarmed; of clamor: rise up; ppl. skerring as adj……

To be lazy or slothful; ppl. slugginge, lazy, sluggish, characterized by sloth. …

To sniffle, sniff. …

Of a hawk: to wipe (the beak) clean of food, etc. …

(a) To sneer; snurted up, of the nose: wrinkled or turned up in scorn; (b) to snore, snort. …

Fig. To stumble, trip; stumpen at, trip over (sth.) …

To catch (sb. or sth.) in a noose or snare; ppl. suarled, tangled up. …

To buffet (sb. or sth.) about, agitate, toss; also [1st quot.], sift or winnow (sth.);—used fig. …

(a) To be in motion, esp. back and forth or up and down, shake, flutter, swing; also fig. with ref. to (e) [quots. a1387 & a1425]; of teeth: be loose; of a boat: rock with the waves; of flesh: wobble……

To become feeble or deranged. …