pancratiari

pancratiari [ML =to subject oneself to torture in order to be rewarded for steadfast endurance], ~iare 1 (dep.) to juggle, perform sleight of hand. to legerdemayn’ [v. l. to play lechardemayne] ~iari CathA. 2 (trans.) to overpower or overwhelm in contest (in quot., fig.). pondere peccati sunt plures pancraciati [gl.: i. gravati et depressi] (J. Bridl.) Pol. Poems I 161.