† snakerv.
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To approach stealthily; to sneak.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > move stealthily [verb (intransitive)]
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skulk?c1225
snaker?c1225
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?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 214 Sone se þu eauer under ȝetest þet þe dogge of helle cume snakerinde wið his blodi fleȝen of stinkinde þochtes. Ne li þu naut stille.
c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 193 Þet te beast of helle hwen he snakereð toward ow forte biten on ow.
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