subarrare

1 subarrare v. subarare

2 subarrare [LL] 1 to pay (money or sim.) as a pledge, deposit, or surety; b (w. ref. to bride-price or dowry). to hanselle, strenare, arrare, in-, sub- CathA.  b abbas ipse ‥ primo missam illam solemniter celebravit et quasi pro dote ~handa unum bonum missale ipsi altari contulit G. S. Alb. I 285. 2 to secure or obtain the use of (property) or the support or services of (person) through (pledge of) payment, to rent, hire, retain. b to obtain. c to subjugate, hold sway over. c1288 oblate sunt michi quedam decretales ‥ quas data parte precii, de vestra potissima liberalitate confisus, letanter ~avi Ann. Durh. 130; Petrum cognati duo restituunt subarrati, / fratres dignati tanta pericla pati W. Peterb. Bell. Hisp. 102; 1307 [J. of A. clerk ‥ has received from Sir James de D., 100s. sterling] ad subarrand' [some victuals to be bought for the use of ‥ the K.'s lieutenant in Scotland] Cal. Scot. II 502; 1466 advocatos insuper, ut promisi, ~avi, Joachinum sc. et Andream Pri. Cold. 209.  b 1271 cum quidam malefactor ‥ duos boves ‥ abduxisset usque Suthewerk', eos ibidem vendicioni exponendo, et ‥ emptor noster boves illos ad opus nostrum ~asset Liberate 47 m. 2; tanta ‥ pace gaudebat ‥ ut plurimi astruerent eum suam cotidianam imprecacionem mensalem, videlicet, ‘Deus det nobis pacem et vitam eternam, etiam ut ceteris, obtinuisse in terra,’ vel ~asse, mercedem libro Sapiencie etiam justis repromissam G. S. Alb. III 413.  c imperatores mundum ~antes Brompton 814 (cf. Neckam NR II 21: summos principes; Bower XVI 30: imperatores mundum regentes). 3 to betroth (woman), promise marriage to, to establish an engagement (to be married) to; b (refl.); c (transf. or fig., in quot. also absol.). simulata matrimonii coniventia invitus anulo ~atam [gl.: beweddad] sortitur virgunculam, quam in obstruso thalami cubiculo ‥ ad pudicitiae praemia persuadet Aldh. VirgP 37; s868 rex ‥ uxorem de Mercia ‥ filiam Æthelredi ‥ ~avit et duxit Asser Alf. 29 (= Fl. Worc. I 81); veni [soror mea sponsa] tanto ~hata pignore, secura de plenitudine G. Hoyland Ascet. 259C; eam suo ~avit anulo V. Edm. Rich P 1782E; salve Christo subarata, / anulo suo signata, / devitans spurcitias (Or.) Cumb & Westmor Antiq. Soc. LXXX 32; s1291 rex de Aragun ‥ filiam regis Anglie ‥ ~averat in uxorem Ann. Dunstable 367; quem virgo jam ante a celesti sponso et regis filio eterni dotaliciis ~ata celestibus contempnens, nephandis ejus acquiescere desideriis refugit (Ursula) NLA II 494; to handefeste, fedare, ~are CathA.  b sponsam potius spondebat se fore Christi / virgineo semper servantem foedere corpus, / qui se rite subarravit cum dote fidei / anulus et cujus sacravit membra puellae Aldh. VirgV 1942.  c posteritas narret qua me mors dote subarret R. Cant. Malch. III 427; anulo fidei ~ata aurum ‥ contempnebat V. Fridesw. B 5; qui de fidei annulo ~havit, in te odorare letetur aromata gratiarum P. Blois Opusc. 922D; illa porcio fuit quasi anulus, quo verum populum sui generis ~avit Wycl. Ver. III 149; 1444 Wilfridi ‥ qui Cicestrensem modo diecesim fide Christi ~avit primitus Lit. Cant. III 187. 4 to offer or provide the use of (property) for (pledge of) payment, to rent, hire, or let (out). monasteriis vacantibus solicite disposuit, non qualiter beatus Gregorius ~hando, sed quomodo Vectius, qui monumentum patris exarando coluit R. Niger Chr. II 167. 5 to agree, pledge, or undertake to carry out (an action), to commit oneself to (agreement, state, or action), to guarantee the accomplishment of (cf. et. 1 & 2 supra). b to promise to provide or deliver (also transf.). c (transf.) to foreshadow, anticipate. regis subire judicium singuli subarabant Asser Alf. 106; oppignero ‥ i. ~are vel confirmare Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 447; veni visendi causa puellam tibi nuptu copulandam, te in thalamo meo ‥ expectantem, ut sermonibus gratissimis amores ~es profuturos V. II Off. 24; fere ~ati martyrii particeps effectus es manifestus G. S. Alb. I 187; perpetuam virginitatem juvenis vovit, atque in signum irrefragabilis federis, annulo suo beate Marie imaginem ~avit et novo more annulo digitum ipsius insignivit (Edmundus) NLA I 319.  b reos in eam fecit ‥ ~atam ei pecuniam conponere quam debuerunt V. Greg. p. 105; s1097 si inceptum opus hoc prosequar ~atum et bellum hoc inclitum ‥ describam M. Par. Min. I 79; cum hiems jam dies abbrevi[a]sset et frigora ~asset Id. Maj. V 651.  c s1253 obiit episcopus ‥ cujus obitum [id. Maj. V 382: obiit] cecitas septennis ~averat M. Par. Min. III 328. 6 to endow (someone with rights or territory; also w. de & abl.). s1066 casum [Willelmi] in meliorem interpretationem commutavit, dicens “dux felicissime, Angliam jam tenes ~atus, ecce terra in manu tua est” Flor. Hist. I 591; s1254 rex ‥ de promisso adeo exhilaratus est ut ‥ Edmundum jam regem Sicilie palam vocaret, credens profecto se jam ~atum de regno Ib. II 401; to indewe, oppignorare, subarare CathA. 7 to threaten, to assure or make (person) confident about (the inevitability of). dum [abbas] inutilis langueret morte ~atus M. Par. Maj. V 567; s1169 Thomas jam de morte ~atus et martirio, cum super hiis certificaretur, ex alto ingemuit Id. Min. I 350. 8 (in gl., perh. by conf. of foederare w. foedare, cf. 4a supra). to defoulle, attaminare ‥ fedare ‥ subarare CathA.