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intruncare

1 intruncare v. intricare
2 intruncare [ML; cf. CL truncare = to dismember] 1 to abbreviate, mutilate (text). sed hic sicut alibi dicta fratris Thome ~avit, ut appareret suum quod tamen ab eo est alienum R. Orford Reprob. 149. 2 to put into a trunk. b to put in stocks. c1180 in hac excommunicatione mortua est illa adultera et post mortem ~ata et ad capellam leprosorum ubi non erat cimiterium deportata (Lit. Episc.) Speculum VII 391.  b 1275 idem R. intruccavit Jach’ Oky et cepit de ipso iiij s. idem R. cepit de Willelmo King iiij s. quia murmuravit quod dictus Jach’ fuit inceptus Hund. I 510a (Norf) ; invenit quendam nomine T. L. in aqua predicta piscantem; et ipsum cepit et adduxit ad aulam predicte abbatie; et illum ibi ‥ intrunctavit et intrunctatum retinuit per duos dies Ib. 513b.

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