Ben fully set to herkne and spire
What eny man wol speke of hire.
Gower, Confessio Amantis, Bk. VIII, ll. 1998-2000, c. 1400.
Shale (Dur. w.Yks. Nhp. e.An. Wil. Dor.), to walk crookedly or awkwardly, to shamble:
Schouelle-fotede was that schalke, and schaylande hyme semyde,
With schankez vn-schaply, schowande to-gedyrs.
Morte Arthure, ll. 1098, 1099, c. 1420.
Chaucerian Survivals
Snib (Sc. Irel. Rut. Lei. Nhp. Bdf.), to check, restrain, rebuke, M.E. snibben:
Him wolde he snybbe scharply for the nones.