umcled
.
Searchable Lemmata: umclethen (ME).
Alternate Forms: vmcled. Unique.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1(adj.)
Utilisation;
clothed, enveloped, wrapped around; translating circumamicta (q.v.).(circa 1340 ?)
1. 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]
Sex: N/A Ceremonial: No
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Etymological Evidence:
Definite, from the ME verb clethen 'to clothe' (N. dialectal form; see entry at clothe), with umb- prefix meaning 'around'.
WF: Derivation
Etym Cog: circumamictus.
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