[suznerver] (c.1350)
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[suznerver] (c.1350)

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[gdw]

[FEW: *7,101b nervus; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF:  nerf (*); DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 3250b subnerviare]
southnerver  

v.a.

1horsesto hamstring, to disable (a horse) by cutting its tendons: 
( MS: c.1350 ) Nostre Sire dist a Josue: ‘[...] Tu southnerveras lour chivals et arderas lour curres al feu.’ [...] Il fist sicom Nostre Sire comaunda a luy: il southnerva lour chivaux et ardi lour curres  533 and 539
nerf  suz#1 
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