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1 nare [CL] 1 to swim; b (fig.). nam volucres caeli nantesque per aequora pisces Aldh. Aen. 29 (Aqua) 4; [boves] quidam nantes, alii se in aquis convolventes ‥ loca marina petierunt R. Cold. Godr. 555; canis nans in aqua ferens in ore frustum carnis Neckam NR II 153; in Stige qua no vi, tua vis ea, quam bene novi Serlo Wilt. 18. 80. b naufragium feret illa tibi cum nare putabis / criminis omne genus in te convertet iniqua D. Bec. 1906. 2 to be carried on the water, to float. b (pr. ppl. as sb.) one who is carried on the water, boatman. frigida cum vitreis stupuerunt flumina flustris / corpus virgineum dum nat ceu planca carinae / ad ripas remeans rursus cum sospite vita Aldh. VirgV 2338; merces nautica ‥ nare videatur Osb. Glouc. Deriv. (v. nabulum 2b). b 1251 cum vj nautibus [MS: ? nantibus] et duobus garcionibus; ‥ et liberasse iij marcas †quotuor [MS: quatuor] aliis nautibus [MS: ? nantibus] transportantibus eum predicto thesauro (Doc. Exch.) RIA Proc. LXV 19.

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