snaperen
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Likely formed with the frequentative suffix -eren (compare Modern English -er). For the stem compare Norwegian Nynorsk snåva (“to stumble”), Swedish snava (“to stumble”), obsolete German schnappen (“to totter, to limp”), Middle High German snaben, Middle Low German snaven (“to stumble”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
snaperen (third-person singular simple present snapereth, present participle snaperende, snaperynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle snapered)
- to stumble, to trip
- (figuratively) to fall into error; to make a mistake, and especially to stumble morally
- to fall in battle
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of snaperen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
- English: snapper
References edit
- “snaperen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.