infigere

infigere [CL] 1 to drive in, fix in (nail, weapon, or sharp object); b (boundary mark); c (plough) (in quot., fig.). ballistis infixo molari lapide ictus in spinam crepuit Lib. Monstr. III 9; singulae earum [sudium] ‥ inmobiliter erant in profundum fluminis infixae Bede HE I 2; clavos ‥ infixos Gosc. Transl. Mild. 24 p. 191 (v. gemere 2c); rex ingentes ex quercu palos ‥ humo ~i fecit Ord. Vit. IV 16 p. 280; [Jhesus] et Leviatan faucibus / hamum novit infigere J. Howd. Cyth. 132. 9; tela facile volant et cordi ~untur [ME: stikeð] AncrR 15; ~o, A. to styke WW.  b 1147 debet ‥ signum in aqua ~i (v. avironatus); 1538 lapidea ‥ signa ‥ inter terras ‥ infixa (v. divisivus c).  c sulcum saluberrimae doctrinae vomeremque Dei visitationis infixit B. V. Dunst. 2. 2 to pierce, stab. inruit in quamdam spinulam ‥ quae medilanium plantae ipsius ~ens, tenus talum rumpendo, totius pedis cratem perforavit Felix Guthl. 45 p. 138; tibia sua ferrum ~it W. Cant. Mir. Thom. III 15; gestans cautius lanceam Follonem in summitate pectoris infixit Eul. Hist. II 323; 1464 cuspis fixorii infixit caput ejus (v. fissorium). 3 to fasten, fix (in place): a (part of body); b (artefact); c (jewel or design); d (p. ppl.) set. a grex catulorum ‥ in orientali parte insulae ‥ terribiles infixit ungues Gildas EB 23; infixit cornua fibris Mir. Nin. 224 (v. fibra 4a); puerum ‥ cui virosos molares anguis infixerat W. Malm. GP V 247; [porcorum] quos partim devoraverat partim ‥ verubus infixos ‥ torrebat G. Mon. X 3; huic cornui, velut rami inserti stipiti, alia cornua ~untur Quaest. Salern. B 168; crines ‥ poris ‥ erant infixi Ib. P 125 (v. eminentia 1b); ~untur dentes gingivis Ps.-Ric. Anat. 30 (v. gingiva).  b Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 231 (v. fixula); c1275 ~ere hesias (v. hesa 4); 1344 pro vij candelabr’ empt’ pro cameris in parietibus ~endis Ac. Durh. 118; rex et regina ‥ preter cereos ‥ offerunt aurum et argentum cereis ‥ infixum W. Say Lib. Reg. Cap. 62; quasi acus acuti infixi Avesb. 119b (v. 2 flagellum 1b).  c 1363 duo costrelli de cristallo muniti argento deaurato cum lapidibus infixis DocExch 279; 1430 cruce Sancti Georgii in vestibus eorum inficta Chr. S. Alb. 51; 1444 item unum velum quadragesimale de panno lineo albi coloris cum cruce rubea infixa in eodem . ‥ item due tabule parve una earum deaurata cum lapidibus preciosis infixis in eadem Deeds Newcastle 51; 1467 aurifabro ‥ unum leonem in eodem [sc. sigillo] ~ente (TR Bk) JRL Bull. L 470.  d 1415 unum anulum infixum cum uno diamond’ Reg. Cant. II 89. 4 to strike (root). peccatum pertinacem radicem ~it W. Malm. GP V 276; frutex ‥ radices infixerit Ailr. Spec. Car. II 21 (v. frutex 1b). 5 (w. crux or sim.) to affix cross (to confirm transaction). 704 ego Coenredus ‥ propria manu crucem infixi CS 111; 786 signum ‥ crucis ~entes Alcuin Ep. 3 (v. exarare 2b); 862 (14c) ego Æþelsuið regina huic donacioni regis concesse signum crucis infixi CS 503; 1001 signum crucis ~endo (v. 2 firma 4). 6 to fix, direct (gaze). diutius stetit adtendens quam studiose oculos pagine ~eret Wulf. Æthelwold 35 (= Ælf. Æthelwold 24); oculos mercimoniis ~ebat W. Malm. GP V 224; cum Rex vibrat in eis aciem, / sacram eis infigens faciem J. Howd. Ph. 281. 7 to fix (in the mind), impress (on the memory). quatenus amor divinitatis artius vestris ~atur in mentibus Bede Hom. II 11. 159; aequalitatem ‥ vestris mentibus ~at Egb. Pont. 71 (v. 2 essentia 4d); 798 nostris visceribus infixit caritatem Alcuin ad Beatum 318; sapiencia ‥ perpetue memorie ~i solet Gir. SD 94; habemus regulariter infixam humane nature noticiam Duns Ord. III 117; in memoriae penetralia ~antur J. Herd Hist. IV Regum 5 (v. dissolvere 3e). 8 to impose, inflict. letalia dentium vulnera patriae ~ebant Gildas EB 12; animabus multorum virus eterne mortis infixit Osb. Clar. V. Ed. Conf. ep.; nec ‥ episcopatus onus ‥ consuetis miraculis ferias infixit W. Malm. GP I 66; gravissimum pondus detrimentorum clericis et laicis male infixum est Ord. Vit. VII 14 p. 222; Turci ‥ mortes eminus inimicis creberrime ~unt Ib. IX 8 p. 511; si is qui parvum vulnus infixit spiritus habeat venenosos Quaest. Salern. B 269.