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† umbeset, v. Obs. In later use Sc.
Forms: α. 4– umbeset, 4–5 vmbesette, 5–6 -set(t, wmbeset, 6 -sett, 6 ombeset(t; 4 umbisett(e, 4 vmbi-, 5 vmbysett. β. 5 vnbesette, 6–7 -set, 6 unbeset, wnbesett.
[See umbe- and beset v., and cf. umbset s.v. umb- and umset v. So MDu. omme-, ombeset p.p., MDa. ombesat p.p.]
trans. To surround, encompass, beset.
αa1300Cursor M. 7179 Þai vmbisett þat tun a-bute. Ibid. 19775 Petre..to þis licam com þat lai, Wit pouer widus vm-bi-sett. 1375Barbour Bruce vi. 535 The kyng wes in gret iuperdy, That wes on athir syde vmbeset With fayis. Ibid. ix. 706 He till the hous went hastely, And vmbeset it all about. c1400Apol. Loll. 48 Þe auter is vmbeset wiþ stonis. c1470Henry Wallace v. 168 At syndry furdis the gait thai vmbeset. 1513Douglas æneid xi. xiv. 22 Quhou huge dolfnes, and schamful cowardice, Hes ombeset ȝour myndis apon sik wys. c1550Rolland Crt. Venus i. 113 With Iacinth fine, and Topazion sa fair,..Was vmbeset his body ouir all quhair. 1587Reg. Privy Counc. Scot. IV. 162 Thai..umbesettis thair hie wayes in thair ganging and cuming fra thair parroche kirk.
βc1440Gesta Rom. lxv. 281 (Add. MS.), Whan the Steward was thus vnbesette with thise iij. bestes, he was right sory. a1575Diurn. Occurr. (Bann. Cl.) 168 Certane personis..quha was werry bent to haue vnbesett him in the waij betuix Edinburgh and Berwick. 1582–8Hist. James VI (1804) 112 Thairfoir Lord Claud Hamiltoun unbeset the way with sum chosen men. 1624in Abbotsford Club Misc. 144 Thomas Logie..meitting ane number of cattis..quhilk vnbesett him, the said Thomas saw ȝour face vpoun ane of [the] cattis.
Hence † umbeˈsetting vbl. n. Obs.
1543Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. VIII. 244 To underly the law for thair tressonable umbesetting of the gait. 1551Ibid. X. 35 To have underlyne the lawis for unbesetting of the said Alexander Cummyng of Alteir gait. 1624in Abbotsford Club Misc. 144 Anent the vnbesetting of the cattis. |