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circumamictus

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Searchable Lemmata: circumamictus (L).
Alternate Forms: circumamicta.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(adj.) Utilisation; clothed, enveloped.(ante 1100 - circa 1340)
1. ymbgyrd ł cæfed missenlihnesse to bioð geledde kininge femnæn ł medenan efter ðon nixtum his to bioð borene ðe circumamicta varietate adducentur regi virgines post eam proxime eius adferentur tibi. Gloss. [DOE PsGlE (Harsley) (0672 (44.15))]
2. aufugit imperatrix per Tamesim glaciatam circumamicira vestibus albis Historic. [DMLBS H. HUNT. (HA VIII 20) circa 1142]
3. All the ioy of him the doghtirs of the kynge frawithinen, in hemmyngis of gold, vmcled [L circumamicta] in sernesis ... the quene is vmclad in sernessis of vertus or of ordirs. [Commentary:] Loke 3e be in hemmyngis of gold, that is, make 3oure endynge in perfite luf Biblical/Hagiographic. [MED Rolle Psalter ((UC 64) 44.15 & comm.) circa 1340]
c.f.: umcled, ymbwæfan
L, OE; Primarily N/A.
Sex: N/A    Use: n/a    Status: n/a    Rank: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, adjectival formation from the vern. circumamicire 'to envelop'; first found in the Vulgate Bible (Revelation 4:4).
WF: Borrowed into the British Isles
Etym Cog: umcled.
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