† alatchv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To get hold of, to catch.
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the mind > possession > taking > seizing > catching or capture > catch or capture [verb (transitive)]
i-lecchec1000
fang1016
hentOE
takeOE
alatchlOE
catchc1275
wina1300
to take ina1387
attain1393
geta1400
overhent?a1400
restay?a1400
seizea1400
tachec1400
arrest1481
carrya1500
collara1535
snap1568
overgo1581
surprise1592
nibble1608
incaptivate1611
nicka1640
cop1704
chop1726
nail1735
to give a person the foot1767
capture1796
hooka1800
sniba1801
net1803
nib1819
prehend1831
corral1860
rope1877
lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1123 Se kyng alihte dune of his hors & alehte hine betwux his earmes.
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 3098 & laiden a-doun hur fon, Alle þat þai þan alacche miȝt þer na ascapedem non.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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