lancinare

lancinare [CL] , to tear to pieces, tear apart (in Fr. gl. infra understood as ‘to throw, hurl’ cf. lanceare). ~at, bellicat [i. e. vellicat] GlC L 58; deartuare, dividere, exossare, lacerare, ~are ‥ Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 179; persecare, laniare, discerpere, ~are Ib. 483; lancea de lance, sic lamina, lancino dico [(cf. gl. Teaching Latin II 164: ~o G. launcer] Garl. Unus 42.