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Middle English
Etymology
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
Verb
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
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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