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subire [CL] 1 to go, move, pass underneath. trahentes ‥ eos maligni spiritus descenderunt in medium baratri illius ardentis; factum ‥ est ut cum longius ~euntibus eis fletum hominum et visum daemoniorum clare discernere nequirem sonum tamen adhuc promiscuum in auribus haberem Bede HE V 12 p. 306; solo tactu feretri, quod cernuus ~ierat, sanitatem ‥ furatus est W. Malm. GP V 270. 2 to place oneself under so as to support or carry (in quot. in fig. context). jamque jugum regis prona cervice subibant / Saxonum populus, Pictus Scotusque Britannus Alcuin SS Ebor 122. 3 to undertake, take on, carry out (task or responsibility); b (office or privilege); c (way of life); d (mil. activity). ut die reddito itineris laborem ~iret intrepidus Bede HE I 19 p. 38; 1455 cum hoc ~ibit custodiam castri de Dunnovin cum debita reparacione ejusdem ExchScot 48; 1459 ad ~eunda et portanda omnia onera predicte capelle incumbencia Ac. Durh. 242; ipso domino J. K. ~eunte et perimplente onera et servitia Conc. Scot. I cccviii. b si me ‥ nosti episcopatum non rite suscepisse ‥ ab officio discedo, quippe qui ‥ oboedientiae causa jussus ~ire hoc ‥ consensi Bede HE IV 2 p. 205; qui ecclesiasticum gradum, hoc est altaris officium, apte ~irent Ib. IV 23 p. 254. c neque abnegavit se etiam eandem ~iturum esse religionem Bede HE II 9 p. 98; vitam ‥ monachicam ‥ relicto regno ~isset Ib. IV 11 p. 225. d ipsos ‥ monent arma corripere et certandi cum hostibus studium ~ire Bede HE I 12 p. 27; armigeros inter Martis me bella subire Tatwine Aen. 32 (Sagitta) 1. 4 to undergo, be subjected to; b (servitude, torment, punishment, or sim.); c (death). tempus Paschale ‥ / quo rex cum populo statuit baptisma subire Alcuin SS Ebor 195. b si quis laicus de monasterio monachum duxerit furtim, aut intret monasterium Deo servire aut humanum ~eat servitium Theod. Pen. I 3. 1; capitalem compulsi sunt ~ire [gl.: sustinere] sententiam Aldh. VirgP 34; p675 pro redemptione nostra crucis patibulum ~iturus Id. Ep. 4 p. 483; ad salutaria jejuniorum remedia ~eunda Bede HE IV 14 p. 236; poenitet en, fili, quia tot tormenta subisti Frith. 1005; tristem dampnationis ~isse sententiam W. Malm. GR IV 332; ejus judicii censuram ~itura Id. GP V 191; infernales amplius penas ‥ non ~ibit Gir. TH II 5; vendidit duas vaccas ‥ furtive ab eodem Thoma ablatas; unde timet se ~ire legem, quamvis immunis sit illius criminis Sanct. Durh. 37; [pistor] ~eundus est pillorium Fleta 72; c1340 penis ‥ ~iendis [sic] FormOx 159; 1364 Alicia subhiat cullistr' pro mulieribus (v. collistrigium a). c instante carnifice mortem laeti ~iere temporalem Bede HE IV 14 p. 238; ille ‥ subitam ~iit mortem (Carthagus 54) VSH I 191; ad ecclesiam suam ut martyrium ~iret pro Christo rediret V. Edm. Rich B 624; mortem ~iit Eul. Hist. I 161. 5 to come with assistance. tertium [parvulum] ipsis ~euntem venenosis diripuerunt morsibus Lib. Monstr. III 10; ~it, succurrit GlC S 682. 6 to succeed (to a position or function), to come in as a substitute or replacement (w. in & acc., also absol.). b to succeed to or take over (a position). s1108 P. rex Francie obiit. ~iit L. rex Ann. Exon. f. 9; s1197 Johannes, frater ejus, post mortem dicti Ricardi ~iit in regem Anglie Ib. f. 11v. b quia ‥ finis mihi futuro anno imminet ‥ rogo te ‥ ut ‥ sedem archiepiscopatus mei ~eas W. Malm. GP III 103. 7 to go up, ascend (to): a (w. dir. obj.); b (w. in & acc.). a cum tanto sudore vertices montium ~eamus Bede Hom. II 21. 229. b transitis carnalibus desideriis ~eamus in montem virtutum Bede Hom. I 24. 101. 8 to enter; b (state, condition, or sim.). proxima ‥ tecta ~ibant Bede Kings 729A; ~it, intrat, ~iit, intravit GlC S 615f; subeunt ‥ portum Frith. 339; nota subit fidens Dagoberti moenia regis Ib. 697; rex ‥ quadam nocte in nichil tale metuentis amplexus ~it violentus W. Malm. GP V 259. b rex ‥ aeterna caelestis regni gaudia ~iit Bede HE II 5 p. 89. 9 (of abstr.) to enter, steal in on: a (of emotion, sensation) to come over. b (of object of thought, idea) to suggest itself (to person, mind, or memory). c (in gl.). a continuo sanctos subiit vigor integer artus Frith. 1256; solis et exortum maculis variantibus horror / nos subit et nostrum quemque tremore quatit L. Durh. Dial. III 138. b cum ‥ ~isset eum cogitatio W. Malm. GP II 83; cum licet brutos animos intelligentia ~iit propter injuriam sancti ‥ se luere penas Ib. V 224; memoriam presulis ~ivit archidiaconi sui ‥ valitudo Ib. V 269; utinam ~eat memoriam tuam qualiter ‥ Lucian Chester 66. c ~it ‥ in memoriam venit GlC S 682. 10 ? f. l. 1313 †subientes [? l. subicientes] nos quoad hoc jurisdiccioni cujuscumque idonei judicis ecclesiastici vel secularis Cart. Sallay 70.

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