A verbose thing, that OED....

Lurk
1. a. intr. To hide oneself; to lie in ambush; to remain
furtively or unobserved about one spot. (Now only with indication
of place.) Also, to live in concealment or retirement.
c1300 Havelok 68 Hwan he felede hise foos, He made hem
lurken, and crepen in wros. ?a1366 Chaucer Rom. Rose 465
There lurked and there coured she, Fer pover thing, wher-so
it be, Is shamfast, and despysed ay. c1375 Sc. Leg. Saints
xliii. (Cecile) 89 Valaryane..fand the bischope sanct urbane
lurkand ymong pure men mekly. 1390 Gower Conf. II. 355 And
thus lurkende upon his stelthe In his await so longe he lai
[etc.]. c1400 Destr. Troy 1167 Silen to the Citie softly
and faire; Lurkyt vnder lefe-sals loget with vines. c1470
Golagros & Gaw. 1080 Sal neuer freik on fold, fremmyt nor
freynde, Gar me lurk for ane luke, lawit nor lerd. 1547 Boorde
Introd. Knowl. xxiv. (1870) 181 To lyue in rest and peace
in my cytye I do lourke. 1596 Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist.
Scot. I. 20 Fisches lurking amang the stanes. 1605 Camden
Rem., Rythmes 25 When Philip de Valoys the French King lurked