† umbracev.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To surround; to obtain.
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the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)]
wieldeOE
haveeOE
ofgoOE
oweOE
addlec1175
winc1175
avela1200
to come by ——a1225
covera1250
oughtc1275
reachc1275
hentc1300
purchasec1300
to come to ——c1330
getc1330
pickc1330
chevise1340
fang1340
umbracec1350
chacche1362
perceivea1382
accroacha1393
achievea1393
to come at ——a1393
areach1393
recovera1398
encroach?a1400
chevec1400
enquilec1400
obtainc1422
recurec1425
to take upc1425
acquirea1450
encheve1470
sortise1474
conques?a1500
tain1501
report1508
conquest1513
possess1526
compare1532
cough1550
coff1559
fall1568
reap1581
acquist1592
accrue1594
appurchasec1600
recoil1632
to get at ——1666
to come into ——1672
rise1754
net1765
to fall in for1788
to scare up1846
access1953
society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (transitive)] > surround or beset
umbelaya1300
umclipa1300
umgivea1300
umsetc1340
umbracec1350
umbeseta1400
umclapa1400
umbewaltc1400
umbesiege1422
circumvene1526
umbcastc1540
umclosec1540
circumvent1553
to grasp up1609
surround1637
contain1899
c1350 St. Agatha 101 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 46 And with fire if þou [? me] vmbraste With dew of heuin it sal be waste.
13.. Adultery 46 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 369 With schryft of mouth & penans smerte They wene þer blys forto vnbrace [v.rr. vmbrace, vmbras].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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v.c1350- bullock-pasture
- bullock-puncher
- bullock-punching
- bullock-shed
- bullock-ship
- bullock-teasing
- bullock-train
- bullock-trunk
- bullock-turnip
- bullock-vessel
- bullock-wagon
- bullock-wainster
- bullockbell
- bullockcar
- bullockcarriage
- bullockcart
- bullockchariot
- bullockdray
- bullockdriver
- bullocker
- bullockgear
- bullockhump
- bullockier
- bullockiest
- bullocking