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† umbelay, v. Obs.
Also 4 vmbelai, vmbilay; vmbe-, vmbi-, vmbyley.
[See umbe- and belay v. (and cf. umblay s.v. umb-, and umlay v.). So MDu. omme-, ombeleggen.]
trans. To beset, surround, encompass.
a1300Cursor M. 1336 Þis tre, þat i of for-wit said, A neddur hit hade al vmbilaid. 13..Ibid. 22069 (Gött.), Als it in vr leuedi light,—Þe hali-gast wid goddes might,—And vmbilaid hir wid his leme To brede þat blisful barnteme. c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 8278 Totenesse was vmbyleyd Wyþ schipes. 1338― Chron. (1810) 297 Þat was his folie, so long in his bed gan ligge, Untille þe Waleis partie had vmbilaid þe brigge. |