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enviruner (1139-50)

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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: ∅

emvironer; enverruner; environoner, environonner, environouner, envirouner, envirunir; envoyroner; envyronner, anvironer, environder

v.a.1to surround 2to travel round, circle ♦ to stay close to ♦ to traverse, wander through 3 to wrap around ♦ to encompass ♦ to embrace
v.n.1to surround 2to go on patrol, tour around

v.a.

1to surround:

( 1139-50; MS: s.xii^ex ) Mult est riche l’evesquié, Dous eves l’unt enviruné, Tamise ad nun la greignur 130

( s.xiii^1/3; MS: s.xiii^m ) Par grant engin ert environé De totes parz par grant vertu 8403

( s.xiii¹; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) Un healme out d’antiquité: la mer multiplia Et icel tertre environa 1338

( MS: s.xiii² ) stipare: enviruner ii 4

( MS: s.xiii/xiv ) circumdo: ge enverrune i 141

( a.1382; MS: a.1382 ) la vile envyronerent 11.27

2to travel round, circle:

( 1155; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) Quant sa flote out Carais justee, Mainte terre ad environee 5414

( s.xivⁱⁿ; MS: 1312-40 ) En ewe meindra ou peschons E tresnoera la mer; Environera cet ydle enter 6.32

♦ to stay close to:

( s.xiii; MS: s.xiii^ex ) 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 18 (prose)

( s.xivⁱⁿ; MS: s.xiv^m ) (the pelican kills its young) puis lui prent si graunde pitee qe les ad [si] tuez qe treis jours les emvirone piteousement 69

♦to traverse, wander through:

( c.1230; MS: s.xiii^m ) trestute nuit unt si erré E les deserz enviruné 386

( c.1270; MS: s.xivⁱⁿ ) Puis aprés quant (J.C.) aler voleyt E le pays environer, La duce mere le siwi 66.86

( 1273-82; MS: s.xiv^ex ) Chasteus, viles environas [...] Quant ta doctrine as genz donas 249

3 to wrap around:

( MS: s.xiii¹ ) cingatur: (R) seyt anvironé(var. (J: s.xiii¹) seit enceint; (D: s.xiii¹) viruné) 246

( s.xiv¹; MS: c.1361 ) Evironez a toy ta vesture (A) 367c

( MS: s.xiv^m ) Et altrefoiz jeo serroi environee de la peal 3ra

♦to encompass:

( MS: c.1415-20 ) envoyronent les droytz de vostre sainteté (T) 168r

♦ to embrace:

( c.1270; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) E sueif de sa mein l’enviruna 405

v.n.

1to surround:

( s.xiii^3/3; MS: s.xiv^1/4 ) Entour ces sinqe chivalers sunt environez Un grant ost des Sarazins 260

( s.xiv²; MS: c.1400 ) Il (=joy) surhabundra trestoutz. A toutz environera (Latin: circumdabit), en toutz de chescun part il sera 65

2to go on patrol, tour around:

( c.1270; MS: s.xiv^1/3 ) Le hayward deit [...] espier, e environer, e garder lez boys 280.c47

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