† befoldv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To fold up, wrap up, envelope.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > enfold or envelop
befolda1000
umbefold14..
foldc1394
umbeclipa1395
involvea1420
overfold?1440
warp1513
overroll1548
encompass1553
invest1578
immantle1585
enrol1590
imply1590
circumvest1599
circumvestite1599
enfold1599
convolve1601
shadow1608
overlapc1612
enwreathe1620
obvele1654
obside1695
integument1883
a1000 Ælfric Genesis xxvii. 16 And befeold his handa mid þæra tyccena fellum.
c1330 Lai le Freine in Smith Coll. Stud. Mod. Langs. (1929) 10 iii. 6 Þerin sche leyd þe child for cold, in þe pel as it was bifold.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 8 Zuich wreþe long yhyealde and byuealde ine herte.
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