Sanʹglier (Sir)

Meant for Shan OʹNeil, leader of the Irish insurgents in 1567. (Spenser: Faërie Queene, v.)

Sanglier des Ardennes. Guillaume de la Marck driven from Liège, for the murder of the Bishop of Liège, and beheaded by the Archduke Maximilian. (1446–1485.)

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.