1
to uproot, pull out by the roots:
(
MS: s.xiii1
)
Habeat et ligones quibus tirsos extirpet
gloss: henracet et intubas, urticas, errvos
[
sic], lollium, carduos, avenas steriles
i 186.160 and ii 104.160
2
to tear out, remove forcefully:
(
1397
)
ses fenestres, serures et plumb
enracerent, ousterent […]
iii 361
♦
to tear off, remove forcefully:
(
c.1170;
MS: s.xiii1
) Kar le senestre pied del sengler si mordrat Que ele fors del cors trestot l’enrascerat
156.369
(
s.xiii1/3;
MS: s.xiiim
)
Sun blialt
=tunic […] En tante peces depecé esteit Que chascun en sun poig porta Une piece, qu’il
enraça
5854
(
1329-30
)
donqes feust le seal
enrasé et cosue arere a la chartre
3-4 Ed III 688
♦
ven.
to skin (by pulling the skin over the head):
(
MS: s.xivm
) Touz ceaus que sunt escorchez portent quirs, e tous ceaus que sunt enrachez portent peaus
(var.
(G: s.xiv2) Tous ceux qe sont enracés portont pauls
)
96.B138
3to tear, destroy:
(
s.xivin;
MS: 1312-40
)
(the dragon) ly fery en l’eschu qu’il l’
enracha parmy
47.28
♦
to destroy, tear down (cf. enraser 1):
(
1260;
MS: c.1300
)
enracha mesons e destruit terres e tenemenz
21
enracher (c.1170)