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vironer (s.xiii1)

vironer (s.xiii1)

viruner,  virouner  

v.trans.

1to surround
( MS: s.xiii1 )  cingatur: (D) viruné (var. (R: s.xiii1) seyt anvironé; (J: s.xiii1) seit enceint)  Gloss Nequam1 246.68
( c.1300; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  L'ef est [...] D'eskale virounez  Div Mun 54
2to build around, set round
( 1265; MS: 1338-42 )  qant la vile serra fermé E [d]e mure tot vironé  Kildare Poems 82.199

v.intrans.

to fly about
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  ... meuz vaut a restel Ki vironer en un beau trestel (M.E. stouc), Ki un beau treste de la viele (M.E. fithele)  BIBB ROTH (G) 762

See also:

enviruner 
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