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enviruner (1139-50)
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enviruner (1139-50)

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emvironer;  enverruner;  environoner,  environonner,  environouner,  envirouner,  envirunir;  envoyroner;  envyronner  (anvironer,  environder)  
  FEW:  vibrare 14,388b Gdf:  environner 3,318a GdfC:  environner 9,496a TL: environer 3,723 DEAF:  virer (environer)  DMF:  environner  TLF:  environner  OED:  environ v.  MED:  envirounen v.  DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

1to surround: 
( 1139-50; MS: s.xiiex ) Mult est riche l’evesquié, Dous eves l’unt enviruné, Tamise ad nun la greignur  Description Verse 130
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Par grant engin ert environé De totes parz par grant vertu  Gui War 8403
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Un healme out d’antiquité: la mer multiplia Et icel tertre environa  S Audree1 1338
( MS: s.xiii2 )  stipare: enviruner  TLL ii 4
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  circumdo: ge enverrune  TLL i 141
( a.1382; MS: a.1382 )  la vile envyronerent  Anon Chr1 11.27
2to travel round, circle: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Quant sa flote out Carais justee, Mainte terre ad environee  Brut WACE 5414
( s.xivin; MS: 1312-40 )  En ewe meindra ou peschons E tresnoera la mer; Environera cet ydle enter  Fouke ANTS 6.32
♦ to stay close to: 
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiiiex )  Puis trarra le rei neir sun alfin deus feiz, sil mettra de l’altre part de sei en memes la ligne k’il einz fu. Aprés irra el point dunt li alfins mut, environant le point procein al dos del poun  Eschez ANTS 18 (prose)
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  (the pelican kills its young) puis lui prent si graunde pitee qe les ad [si] tuez qe treis jours les emvirone piteousement  BOZ Cont 69
♦to traverse, wander through: 
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  trestute nuit unt si erré E les deserz enviruné  S Modw 386
( c.1270; MS: s.xivin )  Puis aprés quant (J.C.) aler voleyt E le pays environer, La duce mere le siwi  Plaintes Vge 66.86
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  Chasteus, viles environas [...] Quant ta doctrine as genz donas  Ross ANTS 249
3 to wrap around: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  cingatur: (R) seyt anvironé (var. (J: s.xiii1) seit enceint; (D: s.xiii1) viruné)  Gloss Nequam1 246
( s.xiv1; MS: c.1361 )  Evironez a toy ta vesture  Actes (A) 367c
( MS: s.xivm )  Et altrefoiz jeo serroi environee de la peal  S Jer 3ra
♦to encompass: 
( MS: c.1415-20 )  envoyronent les droytz de vostre sainteté  SAMPS2 (T) 168r
♦ to embrace: 
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  E sueif de sa mein l’enviruna  S Rich ANTS 405

v.intrans.

1to surround: 
( s.xiii3/3; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Entour ces sinqe chivalers sunt environez Un grant ost des Sarazins  Longespee 260
( s.xiv2; MS: c.1400 )  Il (=joy) surhabundra trestoutz. A toutz environera (Latin: circumdabit), en toutz de chescun part il sera  Lichfield 65
2to go on patrol, tour around: 
( c.1270; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Le hayward deit [...] espier, e environer, e garder lez boys  HENLEY2 280.c47

See also:

aviruner2  vironer 
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