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† ˈsanglier Obs.
Forms: α. 5 synglere, 5, 7 singuler, 7, 9 singler; β. 6 sangleir, sangweler, 6–7, 9 sanglier, 6, 8 sangler.
[a. OF. sengler, sangler, sanglier (mod.F. sanglier) = Pr. singlar-s, senglar-s, It. cinghiale, cignare:—L. singulārem solitary (see singular a.), used subst. in late L. (Vulg. Ps. lxxix. 14 after Gr. µονιός in the LXX) for a boar separated from the herd.
The forms synglere, singler show normal phonetic development from early ME. *sengler, a. OF. sengler; the form singuler is due to assimilation to the Latin.]
A full-grown wild boar (see quots.).
a1400Morte Arth. 3124 Boyes in þe subarbis bourdene ffulle heghe, At a bare synglere that to þe bente rynnys. 1513Douglas æneis x. xii. 47 Lyke to the strengthy sangler, or the bore. 1541Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. VII. 472 Ane pale of tymmer within the park of Falkland to the sangweleris. 1575Turberv. Venerie 100 The next yere he shall be called a Sanglier of three yeres old. 1598J. Manwood Lawes Forest iv. §5 (1615) 43 After the fourth yeere, if not before, hee departeth from the Sounder, and then you shall call him, a Singler, or rather, Sanglier. 1688R. Holme Armoury ii. 132/1 A Boar [of 5 years is] a Singuler, or more properly a Sanglier. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Wild Boar, He is also call'd Singlet or Sangler. 1805J. Sibley Let. 10 Apr. in Deb. Congress U.S. (1852) 9th Congress 2 Sess. App. 1104 There were innumerable quantities of..deer, foxes, sangliers, or wild hogs [etc.]. 1842W. Tolmie Jrnl. 7 May in Physician & Fur Trader (1963) 356 The Sanglier or wild boar is still found there. 1896C. M. Yonge Release ii. xiii. 198 It is like having to do with a set of tame pigs..turned loose among the wild sangliers. |