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luctari, ~are [CL] 1 to wrestle. Jacob ‥ cum angelo ~ans et claudus pariter est factus et benedictus [cf.Gen. xxxii 24–32] Bede Tob. 926; scammatum, locus ubi anthletae ~antur GlC S 114 (cf. Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 557: scamata, sedes ~antium); Corineus ‥ succinxit se et abjectis armis ipsum provocat ad ~andum G. Mon. I 16; 1221 P. ‥ cecidit super cnipulum Johannis ‥ sicut ~avit cum eodem J. PlCrGlouc 107; 1252 sicut deberent ~ari adinvicem et ‥ ceperunt se simul per zonas IMisc 6/18; s1309 populus duxit coream ‥ et ~averunt ‥ in medio Thamisie Ann. Lond. 158. 2 a to struggle (physically), grapple. b (against death or disease); c (w. natural phenomenon as subj.) to contend (in quot., w. ref. to beating of waves). a cum ‥ martires ‥ mucronibus mactarentur et ‥ ecclesiarum anthletae velut in scammate palestrarum ~arentur Aldh. VirgP 34; diu ‥ ~atus, quod nec anulum ejicere nec digitum [statuae] valeret frangere, tacite discessit W. Malm. GR II 205 p. 256; 1311 se vidisse ‥ qualiter [fratres] simul facto capitulo ~ati sunt [in depositions de ‥ sodomia] (Attestationes Templar.) Ann. Lond. 192. b soror ejus ‥ cum morte ~ans W. Malm. GR V 419 p. 417; dum ‥ contra ‥ tuum ~aris morbum, ipso certamine beatus es Pull. Sent. 915D. c luctantes litore limphas Aldh. CE 4. 5. 7. 3 (fig.) to struggle, strive, contend (with or against an adversary, obstacle, difficulty, or sim.): a (var.); b (against temptation, the Devil, or sim.); c (w. contending thoughts or feelings as subj.). a ineluctabile, contra quod nemo ~are potest GlC I 176; c820 contra ‥ tyrannorum bachationes ~are et laborare (Professio Ceolberhti) Conc. HS 592; scriptor cum difficultate materie ~abatur W. Malm. GR II 132. b peritus adversus libidinem ceteraque turpia cotidie ~atur ut ea deiciat, ut Hercules Antheum W. Donc. Aph. Phil. 11. 7; ~ari contra carnem tuam Ailr. Serm. 22. 6. 317; [cor] non ~avit, appetitui pravo non restitit Map NC V 7 f. 71v; ut [homo] ‥ ~etur [ME: to wrastle] fortiter contra insultus diaboli AncrR 20. c [sensus mei] in quadam ac si angusta timoris porticu ~abantur Gildas EB 1; 1093 intra me ~abantur timor Dei et timor oneris quod subire cogebar, et dilectio Anselm (Ep. 159) IV 26; quod ~arentur in ejus animo Anselmi religio et munerum oblatio W. Malm. GP I 54 p. 101. 4 a to exert oneself, strive. b to make one’s way with effort, to struggle (in spec. direction; in quot., w. trees as subj.). c (w. ut or inf.) to strive (to). a luctor et obluctor; si longo tempore lucter, / non tamen hac lucta plenius ista sequar Garl. Epith. VI 575. b [arbores] enodi proceritate ~antur ad sidera W. Malm. GP IV 186 p. 326. c ~abatur valide ut cogitationem alias averteret W. Malm. GP IV 137; ~abatur excellere ‥ animus Ib. IV 177 p. 313; [amator sapientiae] ~atur evincere quod ‥ prosit Map NC III 3 f. 41.

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