v. Obs. [a. OF. estrangle-r (mod. étrangler), cogn. with Pg. estrangular, It. strangolare:—L. strangulā-re, ad. Gr. στραγγαλά-ειν, στραγγαλίζειν to STRANGLE, f. στραγγάλη halter. Cf. ESTRANGLE, in Caxton from continental French, and the aphetic STRANGLE.] To strangle, suffocate.
1297. R. Glouc., 342. Mossel he dude in to hys mouþ … Hyt byleuede amydde hys þrote, astrangled he was ryȝt þere.
1340. Ayenb., 50. He ȝernþ to þe þrote … him uor to astrangli.
c. 1400. Test. Love, III. (1560), 296 b/1. It hath nigh mee astrangled.
