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The form cumpasse is a cross reference to the following entry:

compas (1155)

compass,  compasse;  conpas;  cumpas,  cunpas;  cumpasse,  cumpaz  
  FEW:  compassare 2/ii,972a Gdf:  compas 2,204a GdfC:  compas 9,138a TL: compas 2,622 DEAF:  compasser (compas)  DMF:  compas  TLF:  compas  OED:  compass n.1, adj., and adv.  MED:  compas n.  DMLBS:  compassus 1 404a

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1implementpair of compasses
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  En trois la (=land) departirent sanz compas e desponde  Rom Chev ANTS 34
( s.xiiex; MS: c.1200 )  circinus quod est romanice ‘cumpas’  Gloss Sidon 143.88
2decor.circular shape or image
( 1397 )  un bone cope d’or de Cipre, par tout oeverez de compassez et estories de ymagerie de la passion et autres  Gloucester Inventory 295
( 1415 )  mon lit de vert embroudé ou (=with) une compas  Reg Chich ii 65
3circular area
( MS: 1330-40 )  Le compas dedentz le cuer (=atrium) ne est mie loyns de le Sepulcre, e l aest un peroun lequel Dieu dit qe fust la meene du mounde  Acre to Jerusalem2 122.20
circuit, encircling region
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Zones cercles u compas sunt  Pet Phil 395
( MS: s.xiiiex )  Et iam circuitu (gloss: (C) cumpaz) (var. (T: s.xii/xiii) inverunement) pergirato, ab occidentali domus fronte, qua prius in meniana exieramus, ad orientalem partem nunc a promtuariis venimus  TLL ii 48.88
4plan, design
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Fist sur la mer faire une tur [...] Ne sai nule de tel façun; Faite fu d'estrange compas, Lee fu desuz el plus bas, Puis alad tut tens estreinnant Si cume l'en l'ala halçant  Brut WACE 4207
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Puis lui baillat l’escrist veant sa gent E le compas de l’edefiement  Anc Test (B) 12180
5sense, meaning
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Le frere […] Reconust le compas de ceu jargun  S Fran ANTS 4913
a compas
exactly, precisely
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Saphirs e esmeragdes a compas ordené  Rom Chev ANTS 110 var
en compas
roughly, in outline
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  […] ceo ke nus veum en nature N’est fur de ceste chose figure. Cum cil ke gette en cumpasse Un fundement en une place  Lum Lais ANTS 9681
in a circle
( MS: s.xiv2 )  Le esperiet (var. espiere) s’en vait en compas en lusaunt totes choses  Bible hackett 196vb
faire le compas de
to measure
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  Sapience […] Qui de mond le compas fesoies Et touz les noefs ciels ordenoies  Ross ANTS 156
tailler a compas
tailler
tenir sun (etc.) compas
to keep in step or close together (?)
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  Cil a cheval e cil a pié, Si com il orent commencié, Tindrent lor eirre e lor compas, Sereement, lor petit pas, Li un l’autre ne trespassout  Rom de Rou wace ii 170.7691
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